- AI avatars are impersonating doctors on TikTok, spreading questionable health advice under popular search terms like “coochie doctor.”
- One viral video gained nearly 3 million views, promoting unverified remedies like pineapple-cucumber salads and lemon balm as alternatives to prescription medication.
- The content originates from an AI app called Captions, which lets users create realistic avatars, raising concerns about the spread of medical misinformation online.
As artificial intelligence continues to blur the lines between reality and fabrication, social media platforms are seeing a surge in deceptive content—this time, in the form of AI-generated doctors. What started as concerns over deepfakes and job displacement has now evolved into a more disturbing trend: AI avatars impersonating medical professionals and dispensing questionable health advice online.
A growing number of TikTok videos under the search term “coochie doctor”—a colloquial phrase referring to gynecologists—feature AI-generated personas presenting themselves as medical experts. These videos, often dressed in professional attire and speaking with convincing authority, deliver unconventional health tips. One such video, viewed nearly three million times, recommended pineapple-cucumber salads for gut health and likened lemon balm to the prescription drug Ozempic.
Despite the questionable medical credibility of these tips, thousands of users engaged enthusiastically. The comments section of these clips was flooded with requests for recipes and follow-up health advice, indicating that many viewers had accepted the AI-generated content as legitimate information. The popularity of such videos underscores the ease with which misinformation can spread when presented in a polished and authoritative format.
The source behind many of these AI doctors appears to be a content creation app called Captions. The app allows users to select from a variety of AI avatars and input scripts that the avatars deliver convincingly. One creator discovered that a recurring character named Violet, often appearing as a digital doctor on TikTok, was simply one of many avatars available on the platform. By inputting text into the app, users can quickly produce content that mimics professional advice—no medical background required.
The revelation has triggered a wave of concern among TikTok users, with many expressing shock that the content they believed to be genuine medical advice was, in fact, generated by AI. The trend highlights a broader issue in the digital age: the increasing difficulty in distinguishing trustworthy sources from sophisticated fabrications. As AI tools become more accessible and realistic, the potential for misinformation—especially in areas as critical as health—continues to grow.
