ChatGPT Health wants your sensitive medical records so it can play doctor

Could a bot take the place of your doctor? According to OpenAI, which launched ChatGPT Health this week, an LLM should be available to answer your questions and even examine your health records. But it should stop short of diagnosis or treatment.

"Designed in close collaboration with physicians, ChatGPT Health helps people take a more active role in understanding and managing their health and wellness – while supporting, not replacing, care from clinicians," the company said, noting that every week more than 230 million people globally prompt ChatGPT for health- and wellness-related questions.

ChatGPT Health arrives in the wake of a study published by OpenAI earlier this month titled "AI as a Healthcare Ally." It casts AI as the panacea for a US healthcare system that three in five Americans say is broken.

The service is currently invitation-only and there's a waitlist for those undeterred by at least nine pending ...