OpenAI Rolls Out ChatGPT Health to All US Users
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- OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health to all logged-in users aged 18 and older in the US on web and iOS across free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, with users able to connect medical records and data from providers and services like Apple Health, Weight Watchers, MyFitnessPal, and Function.
- Ashley Alexander, OpenAI's vice president of health product, claimed the company's models "are now capable of reasoning at levels that are better than clinician level" during a briefing.
- Karan Singhal, OpenAI's health lead, tempered that claim when pressed, saying he would temper it and pointing to "individual studies" from Harvard and Stanford going "in that direction" rather than backing it unconditionally.
- A Florida pastor sued OpenAI on Wednesday alleging ChatGPT provided "extremely dangerous medical recommendations" that led him to delay care for a pulmonary embolism.
- ChatGPT Health now lets users ask questions about their connected medical information in the main chat experience, with OpenAI stating all conversations are encrypted at rest and in transit and that health data receives additional encryption protection.
- GPT-5.6 Sol, launched weeks earlier, is what OpenAI calls its "strongest model yet for health," and ChatGPT Health will run on these latest models.
- OpenAI notes that ChatGPT Health "supports, not replaces, professional care," as the product moves from a dedicated tab into the main ChatGPT experience.
Why it matters: OpenAI is pushing AI health tools into the mainstream for all paying and free users while a lawsuit claims the chatbot already gave dangerous medical advice—and its own lead walked back the marquee 'better than clinician' boast on launch day. Deeper integration with medical records raises the stakes every time the model gets a health question wrong.
