OpenAI has begun rolling out a new Health section inside ChatGPT to US users 18 and older on the web and iOS apps, across the Free, Go, Plus, and Pro tiers. The feature lets users connect Apple Health data and upload medical records so ChatGPT can compare lab results over time, summarize what's changed since a prior appointment, track medications, and discuss how sleep, activity, and workouts relate to a user's health history.
OpenAI says it will ask explicit permission before using any connected medical record or Apple Health data to personalize a response, and that connected health information — along with conversations that use it — is "not used to train OpenAI's models or target ads." Users can also use the Health section for general questions without connecting any personal records at all.
Health in ChatGPT, at a glance
- Who
- US users 18+
- What it connects
- Apple Health data + uploaded medical records
- What it does
- Compare labs over time, track medications, summarize changes
- Privacy claim
- Not used to train models or target ads
- OpenAI's own caveat
- Does not replace a qualified medical professional
Clinicians quoted by CBS News were less settled on the upside. Tanzeem Choudhury, chief of health innovation at Cornell Tech, warned that "AI can hallucinate and give misleading, inaccurate or even dangerous medical advice." Columbia computer science professor Vishal Misra put the data-sharing risk plainly: "The same risks that exist sharing health data with anyone transfer here," adding of the chatbot's output, "whatever it says, take it to an actual human physician. Do not act." Both experts noted that the burden of deciding when to escalate a concern to an actual doctor falls on the user — a harder call for elderly or cognitively impaired people than for anyone else. OpenAI's own language is consistent with that caution: the company states ChatGPT "does not replace the care and judgment of qualified medical professionals."
- OpenAI is rolling out Health in ChatGPT to US users 18+ on Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans.
- It connects Apple Health data and uploaded medical records to compare labs and track medications.
- OpenAI says connected health data and related chats aren't used to train models or target ads.
- Clinicians quoted by CBS News warn chatbots can hallucinate dangerous or misleading medical guidance.
- Caveat: OpenAI itself says the feature does not replace a qualified medical professional's judgment.