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ChatGPT has 230 million people asking for health advice weekly. It wants more.
Researcher Karan Singhal drives OpenAI's goal to elevate ChatGPT's health advice, reaching millions of users weekly for wellness guidance.
TL;DR
- Over 230 million people use ChatGPT for health and wellness advice weekly.
- OpenAI researcher Karan Singhal is leading efforts to improve the AI's health advisory capabilities.
- The GPT-5 model family is the first to be specifically trained for health advice at every development stage.
- OpenAI has launched HealthBench, an evaluation system for AI health capabilities developed with physicians.
- The company is working on a health-focused ChatGPT product that connects to health apps and allows users to upload medical records.
- OpenAI aims for chatbots to ask clarifying questions, similar to doctors, to provide more personalized advice.
- Healthcare adoption of AI tools is happening rapidly among both patients and clinicians.