Overview
- OpenAI is granting access through a waitlist to a small group as it fine-tunes the new health experience.
- The feature connects to electronic medical records via partner b.well and can link apps like Apple Health, MyFitnessPal and Instacart to tailor answers.
- A promotional demo showed the system reading a medical-record summary to suggest which insurance metal tier fits best and offering to compare specific plans.
- OpenAI describes the tool as non-diagnostic, focused on tasks such as interpreting lab results and preparing for appointments, with health chats kept in a separate privacy-focused space.
- Clinicians and privacy researchers caution that users may over-trust the chatbot's guidance and note that data shared through the tool would not be protected by HIPAA if a breach occurs.