Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/64290, first published .
Laypeople’s Use of and Attitudes Toward Large Language Models and Search Engines for Health Queries: Survey Study

Laypeople’s Use of and Attitudes Toward Large Language Models and Search Engines for Health Queries: Survey Study

Laypeople’s Use of and Attitudes Toward Large Language Models and Search Engines for Health Queries: Survey Study

Tamir Mendel   1 , PhD ;   Nina Singh   2 , MD ;   Devin M Mann   3 , MS, MD ;   Batia Wiesenfeld   4 , PhD ;   Oded Nov   1 , PhD

1 Department of Technology Management and Innovation, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, New York, NY, United States

2 Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

3 Department of Population Health, Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, United States

4 Department of Management and Organizations, Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, NY, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Tamir Mendel, PhD
  • Department of Technology Management and Innovation
  • Tandon School of Engineering
  • New York University
  • 2 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn
  • New York, NY, 11201
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 8287348968
  • Email: tamir.mendel@nyu.edu