OpenAI announced today that it is making ChatGPT Health, a feature that helps users with health-related questions, available to all US-based users over the age of 18 on all plans. The announcement comes a day after a Florida-based pastor sued the company over the offer an almost fatal suggestion not to consult a doctor.
The company began testing the feature through a dedicated hub earlier in 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 were asking 230 million health-related questions every week. That number has now reached 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 earlier said users should use the health center for health-related queries. They can now choose to pull information from linked information in the health section in all queries. The company said during testing it noticed that 70% of health-related queries took place outside of the dedicated hub. Through this new feature, users can use their health information to get food or allergy information in general chat.
The company noted that its models have made progress in answering health-related questions. The company noted that the smallest model from its latest release, the GPT 5.6-Luna, outperforms the GPT 5.5 in the HealthBench benchmark, an open-source benchmark developed by the company to evaluate large linguistic models (LLM) in health queries. OpenAI said it does not use user data to train its model and works with doctors to improve its models on health questions.
Despite these performance gains, the company claims in its terms that its services are “not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of any health condition.” The company cited these clauses in responses to the above lawsuit and also said the New York Times that it works to make safer responses related to health or medicines. With the latest release, OpenAI said it wants people to verify information and make medical decisions based on professional advice.
Several studies have pointed out that AI bots are not reliable for medical advice. However, this has not deterred companies like Anthropic and Google from launching health-related AI functions.
Health in ChatGPT is rolling out to connected users in the US with free Go, Plus and Pro plans on the web and iOS this week.
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