Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe
Palmerston North (New Zealand), Mar 24 (The Conversation) During the first world war, the British government was looking for ways to help people stretch their limited food supplies. It found pamphlets from a noted 19th-century herbalist who said rhubarb leaves could be used as a vegetable along with the stalks. The government duly printed its own pamphlets advising people to eat rhubarb leaves as a salad rather than throwing them out. There was one problem: rhubarb leaves can be poisonous. People reportedly died or became ill. The advice was corrected and the pamphlets pulled from circulation. But during the second
