ChatGPT Health Now Available to All US Users - With Some Bold Claims

OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health to everyone in the United States starting Thursday, letting users connect their medical records and fitness tracking data directly to the chatbot. During a briefing, Ashley Alexander, OpenAI's vice president of health product, said the company's models "are now capable of reasoning at levels that are better than clinician level." The feature runs on OpenAI's latest GPT-5.6 Sol model, which the company calls its "strongest model yet for health."

But not everyone is ready to take that claim at face value. When pressed for details, OpenAI health lead Karan Singhal said he would "temper" the assertion, noting that "there have been individual studies that have been pointing in that direction," citing research from Harvard and Stanford. The timing is also awkward: just a day before the launch, a Florida pastor sued OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT gave him "extremely dangerous medical recommendations" that led him to delay treatment for a pulmonary embolism.

With this update, users no longer need to navigate to a separate tab - they can ask health-related questions directly in the main chat interface. ChatGPT will request permission before using your health data to personalize responses, and OpenAI says all conversations are encrypted both at rest and in transit, with health data receiving extra encryption. Users can connect data from providers, Apple Health, Weight Watchers, MyFitnessPal, and Function, and can review or change what's shared at any time. The feature is available to logged-in users aged 18 and older on the web and iOS across free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans. OpenAI stresses that ChatGPT Health "supports, not replaces, professional care."

Source: The Verge