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OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Health Access Amid Legal Scrutiny

OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Health Access Amid Legal Scrutiny

The feature, which allows users to sync records from platforms like Apple Health, Epic, and Oracle Health, arrives as demand for AI-driven health insights surges. OpenAI reports that weekly health-related queries have climbed to 300 million, up from 230 million during the initial testing phase in January. Data analysis revealed that 70% of these queries were occurring outside the company's dedicated health hub, prompting the decision to integrate health insights across all general chat sessions.

Technically, the company points to its new GPT 5.6-Luna model, which reportedly outperforms its predecessor on the HealthBench evaluation. Despite these performance claims, the company maintains strict disclaimers in its terms of service, explicitly stating that ChatGPT is not intended for the diagnosis or treatment of medical conditions. While competitors like Google and Anthropic continue to push into the medical AI space, OpenAI emphasizes that it does not use personal health data for model training and advises users to treat all generated insights as secondary to professional medical counsel.

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