OpenAI has just launched ChatGPT Health, which can connect to your health check reports, Apple Health, and fitness app data.

But it does not diagnose or prescribe medication. What it does is: help you understand those confusing lab reports, identify the trend of your blood pressure over the past six months, and prepare better questions before seeing a doctor.

AI won't directly make you live longer. But if it can help you detect issues earlier, follow medical advice more effectively, and manage your health proactively, it could indeed extend your lifespan in the long run.

This is not AI treating illnesses, but AI helping you become a better patient.

The question is: are you willing to give your health data to OpenAI? It's a trade-off between convenience and privacy. Currently, ChatGPT Health supports HIPAA compliance, and the data is under your control, but trust cannot be guaranteed by protocols alone.

This is currently a small-scale test, and it will be open to everyone in the coming weeks (not available in Europe for now; medical record integration is only in the US).

Health data is the most private data. Whether OpenAI can succeed in this field is not a technical issue; trust is.