OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT Health, a new experience that allows users to securely connect their medical records and wellness apps to the AI chatbot. The company revealed a staggering statistic: over 230 million people ask health and wellness questions on the platform each week—making health one of the most popular use cases for the AI assistant.
ChatGPT Health offers users the optional ability to securely connect medical records and wellness apps, creating a personalized health AI experience. The feature is rolling out now with select healthcare institutions.
What Is ChatGPT Health?
ChatGPT Health is a sandboxed experience within OpenAI's flagship AI assistant that allows users to optionally connect their medical records and wellness data. The system integrates with popular health platforms including:
By connecting these data sources, users can get personalized health insights, nutrition recommendations, and wellness tracking—all within the familiar ChatGPT interface.
The Numbers Behind the Launch
OpenAI for Healthcare: Enterprise Solution
Alongside the consumer product, OpenAI introduced OpenAI for Healthcare—a set of enterprise products designed to help healthcare organizations deliver more consistent, high-quality care.
The enterprise solution is already rolling out to leading institutions:
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- HCA Healthcare
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Stanford Medicine Children's Health
OpenAI for Healthcare delivers enterprise AI for clinical, research, and administrative workflows, built with evidence-backed reasoning and policy alignment for safety.
Privacy and Safety Guardrails
"Conversations within ChatGPT Health will not be used to train our foundation models."
— OpenAI announcementOpenAI has implemented several privacy safeguards:
- Health data is stored in an isolated, encrypted environment
- Conversations are not used to train AI models
- Users maintain full control over what data is connected
- Data can be disconnected and deleted at any time
ChatGPT Health is explicitly not intended for diagnosis and treatment, and should not replace medical care. OpenAI emphasizes that users should always consult healthcare professionals for medical decisions.
Part of a Bigger AI Audio Push
The health announcement comes as OpenAI bets big on audio AI. The company has unified several engineering, product, and research teams to overhaul its audio models, all in preparation for an audio-first personal device expected to launch in about a year.
Former Apple design chief Jony Ive, who joined OpenAI's hardware efforts through the company's $6.5 billion acquisition of his firm io, has made reducing device addiction a priority—suggesting future health interactions could be voice-based rather than screen-based.
What This Means for AI Companions
The launch of ChatGPT Health signals a broader trend: AI assistants are becoming more integrated into our daily lives, including our most personal health decisions. For users of AI companion apps like Solm8, this raises interesting questions about how emotional support and health support might eventually converge.
Voice-based AI companions already provide emotional support and mental wellness benefits. As health AI matures, the line between "AI friend" and "AI health assistant" may continue to blur—creating more holistic AI experiences that address both emotional and physical wellbeing.
GPT-5.2 Also Released
Alongside the health announcement, OpenAI released GPT-5.2, the next upgrade to the GPT-5 series. The company describes it as "smarter and more useful for both work and learning," with improved conversational abilities that will power the new health features.