OpenAI said today that it will make ChatGPT Health, a feature that helps users with health-related queries, available to all US-based users 18 and older on all plans. The announcement comes a day after a Florida pastor sued the company for making a near-fatal suggestion not to see a doctor. The company began testing the
OpenAI said today that it will make ChatGPT Health, a feature that helps users with health-related queries, available to all US-based users 18 and older on all plans. The announcement comes a day after a Florida pastor sued the company for making a near-fatal suggestion not to see a doctor.
The company began testing the feature through a dedicated hub in early January, allowing users to integrate data from other services and their personal information from services like Apple Health, Function, and MyFitnessPal.
At the time, OpenAI said users made 230 million health-related queries each week. That number has now increased to 300 million.
Users can also integrate their medical records from hospital systems like Epic and Oracle Health, and health platforms like One Medical and Function Health.
OpenAI previously said that users should use the health center for health-related queries. They can now choose to extract information from the information connected in the health section in all queries. The company said that during testing it observed that 70% of health-related consultations were conducted outside the dedicated center. Through this new feature, users will be able to use their health information to obtain information about foods or allergies in the general chat.
The company highlighted that its models have advanced in responding to health-related queries. The company noted that the smallest model of its latest release, GPT 5.6-Luna, outperforms GPT 5.5 in the HealthBench evaluation, an open source benchmark developed by the company to evaluate large language models (LLMs) in health queries. OpenAI said it does not use any user data to train its model and works with doctors to improve its models in health consultations.
Despite these performance improvements, the company maintains in its terms that its services “are not intended to be used in the diagnosis or treatment of any health condition.” The company cited these clauses in responses to the previous lawsuit and also told the New York Times that it is working to make health or drug-related responses safer. With the latest launch, OpenAI said it wants people to verify information and make medical decisions based on professional advice.
Several studies have highlighted that AI robots are not reliable in providing medical advice. However, this has not deterred companies like Anthropic and Google from launching health-related AI features.
Health in ChatGPT will launch this week for US users signed in with Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans on the web and iOS.
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