Doctor ChatGPT? AI receives mode dedicated to giving medical advice

In addition, OpenAI reported that ChatGPT Health users will be able to integrate data obtained through other applications, such as Apple Health, into the artificial intelligence tool.

It will also be possible to add exams and medical records to the system. The goal is to provide artificial intelligence with as much information as possible so that responses are more accurate and personalized.

"Every week, more than 300 million people use ChatGPT to ask health-related questions, whether it's to understand the results of a test, prepare for an appointment, better understand what the doctor explained or create a healthier routine," said OpenAI, noting that ChatGPT Health is not a substitute for professional medical care.

"With your permission, ChatGPT can now use relevant information shared by the Health app to help you compare new results with previous exams, summarize changes since your last appointment, or explore how sleep, physical activity and exercise relate to your routine," the company said in an official statement.

According to OpenAI, this reduces the need to repeatedly gather, send and explain the same information, helping people feel better informed, ask more qualified questions to healthcare professionals and take a more active role in their own care, always as a complement — not a replacement — to medical care.

Appeal is announced one day after lawsuit against OpenAI

The launch of ChatGPT Health comes one day after OpenAI was sued over medical advice provided by the artificial intelligence tool.

Man almost died after following ChatGPT advice

OpenAI faces a new lawsuit after a user claimed he followed medical advice from ChatGPT that nearly resulted in his death. The lawsuit accuses the company and its co-founder and CEO, Sam Altman, of negligence and "unlawful practice of medicine."

According to The New York Times, the author of the action is pastor Scott Winters. In June 2025, he reported to ChatGPT that he had felt severe dizziness while leading a religious service. The tool would have responded that it was “nothing dangerous”.

According to the lawsuit, this advice caused Winters to delay seeking medical care. He was later diagnosed with a serious pulmonary embolism.

According to the lawsuit, ChatGPT used the pastor's religious beliefs to reinforce its arguments, encouraging him to ignore requests from family and friends to seek specialized medical care.

Additionally, artificial intelligence would have suggested other treatments, including rest in a recliner and even a combination of antidepressants.

Without showing improvement, Winters stopped serving as pastor and stopped leading Sunday services.

Only in July 2025, given the persistence of symptoms, did he seek medical attention. It was then that the pulmonary embolism was diagnosed. Now, the pastor is seeking damages, alleging that OpenAI provided "extremely dangerous" medical advice. The lawsuit also names Sam Altman as a defendant.

"I spent six weeks with severe symptoms of pulmonary embolism that ChatGPT mistakenly attributed to another condition," Winters said in a statement released by The New York Times. "ChatGPT manipulated my language and my beliefs because they knew I was a pastor. Not only did I almost die, I lost my job, my career, my home... I lost everything."

OpenAI reinforces that ChatGPT does not replace doctors

In response, an OpenAI spokesperson stated that "ChatGPT is not a doctor and should never be used as a substitute for medical care, diagnosis or treatment."

Still, the company highlighted that artificial intelligence tools can play an important role in supporting people on their health journey.

"Treating chatbots as the only explanation for medical decisions or outcomes oversimplifies a much more complex problem and risks preventing people from accessing powerful new tools that can help them with their healthcare," the OpenAI representative concluded.

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