OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT Health, a feature designed to assist users with health-related questions, is now available to all U.S.-based users aged 18 and older across every subscription plan. This rollout follows a lawsuit filed just a day earlier by a Florida pastor, who claimed the AI gave him a dangerously wrong suggestion to avoid seeing a doctor. The company initially began testing this feature through a dedicated hub in January, enabling users to link data from third-party services and personal information from platforms like Apple Health, Function, and MyFitnessPal. At that time, OpenAI reported that users were submitting 230 million health-related queries each week. That figure has since climbed to 300 million.

Users can now also integrate their medical records from hospital systems such as Epic and Oracle Health, as well as health platforms like One Medical and Function Health. Previously, OpenAI stated that users needed to use the health hub specifically for health-related queries. Now, they have the option to draw insights from connected health information across all queries. During testing, the company observed that 70% of health-related inquiries occurred outside the dedicated hub. With this new feature, users can leverage their health data to get information on topics like food or allergies within general chat. OpenAI noted that its models have made strides in answering health-related questions. For instance, the smallest model from its latest release, GPT 5.6-Luna, outperforms GPT 5.5 on the HealthBench evaluation—an open-source benchmark developed by OpenAI to assess large language models on health queries.

The company emphasized that it does not use any user data to train its models and collaborates with physicians to improve model performance on health queries. Despite these advancements, OpenAI maintains in its terms of service that its offerings are "not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of any health condition." The company cited these clauses in response to the aforementioned lawsuit and also told the New York Times that it is actively working to make health- or medicine-related answers safer. With the latest rollout, OpenAI encourages users to verify information and base medical decisions on professional advice. Numerous studies have highlighted that AI bots are unreliable for medical guidance. However, this hasn't deterred companies like Anthropic and Google from launching their own health-related AI features. The "Health in ChatGPT" feature is rolling out this week to logged-in U.S. users on free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans via the web and iOS.