OpenAI dons a white coat ๐ฑ
Will Dr. GPT cure your blood pressure? ๐จโโ๏ธ
Headlines have long stopped playing the tune of "just another chatbot". ๐ค
OpenAI realized that 230 million people per week use its platform to ask health questions, and decided to stop pretending it wasn't there. ๐
This is not just another version update, it's a frontal assault on the most sensitive (and profitable?) territory there is:
Your body. ๐ฉบ
While Google and Gemini are trying to figure out how not to invent historical facts, Sam Altman is already building you a digital clinic in your pocket. ๐ฑ
The medical bunker: privacy or illusion? ๐ค
OpenAI announces "ChatGPT Health", a completely isolated space within the application. ๐ฑ
Think of it as a safe within a bank - chat history and memory are separate from your regular chats. ๐คซ
The company knows the market is stressed about privacy issues, so it built a "bunker":
Data is encrypted, conversations are not used to train models by default, and your regular chat cannot "peek" at what you told the virtual doctor. ๐จโโ๏ธ
This is an attempt at a classic trust-building move in a place where tech companies usually fail. ๐ค
It's not just text, it's a connection to your digital nervous system. ๐ต
The system knows how to interface with real data:
- Connection to apps like Apple Health, MyFitnessPal, and Peloton. ๐ค
- Ability to upload medical records and lab test results. โบ
- Analysis of complex medical documents and making them accessible in human language. ๐ฌ
- Focused preparation for a doctor's visit with data-driven questions and insights.๐
Not a diagnosis, but a "personal assistant" with 260 doctors. ๐จโโ๏ธ
The company is extremely cautious about lawsuits. ๐ฎโโ๏ธ
It emphasizes: this is not a substitute for a doctor, it is not for diagnosis or treatment. ๐
This system is an "addition". ๐
To avoid claims of inventing cures, OpenAI worked with more than 260 doctors for two years on this development. โ๏ธ
This is a human shield designed to reassure regulators and provide professional endorsement for a product intended to navigate you through medical bureaucracy. ๐
Who gets the medicine and when? ๐ฉบ
The service is currently in beta with a waiting list. ๐ฑ
It will be available in the coming weeks on the free, Plus, and Pro tiers. ๐ฑ
However, if you live in Europe or the UK - forget about it for now. ๐
Regulation there is too strict even for the smartest AI in the neighborhood... ๐ฉธ
Sam Altman is transforming OpenAI from a software company into a life infrastructure company - the ability to take "dry" information like lab results and turn it into an action plan is nothing short of dramatic. โฅ๏ธ
Whoever succeeds in controlling users' medical information controls the most valuable asset in the world. ๐ง
Currently, this looks like a very serious attempt to take Google out of the game in medical search. ๐ฑ
Get your popcorn ready, because the war over your medical record has just begun. ๐ฟ