Lab results come back quickly, often hours, or even days, before a care team has time to review them. Lab results now reach patients the moment they hit a portal, often before a clinician has reviewed them. Faced with a screen of numbers, flags, and reference ranges at 9 p.m., a growing number of patients turn to a general-purpose AI tool to help interpret their results. Roughly 96% of patients say they want immediate access to their records, and consumer AI fills the wait with instant, plain-language answers. Because AI tools are designed to be agreeable, they tend to accept a question’s premise, even when it’s wrong --- and then proceed to answer in an authoritative tone.