OpenAI launches Health in ChatGPT a day after lawsuit seeks to block it
OpenAI Group PBC today launched Health in ChatGPT, a feature that lets people connect their medical records and Apple Health data to the chatbot — one day after a lawsuit accused the company of handing out dangerous medical advice and asked a California court to halt the product until independent auditors could verify it is safe
The feature began rolling out today to U.S. users 18 and older on the web and iOS across the company’s free, Go, Plus and Pro tiers. It lets users link information from Apple Health, supported U.S. hospital systems, One Medical and Function Health Inc., then ask ChatGPT to compare lab results against earlier tests, summarize what has changed since an appointment or explore how sleep and activity track against workouts. People tag a message with @Health to pull the data into a conversation and can approve each request or grant standing access.
OpenAI said the feature was built with input from hundreds of physicians who wrote realistic health scenarios and scoring rubrics used to evaluate the models. Free users get GPT-5.5 Instant and paying users get GPT-5.6 Sol, which the company calls its strongest model for health questions. Connected records and Apple Health data are not used to train its foundation models or to target ads, are encrypted at rest and in transit and are deleted within 30 days of a user disconnecting an account, OpenAI said.
