ChatGPT Health aims to serve as your medical AI assistant, but please don't anticipate receiving a diagnosis.

      With millions already relying on ChatGPT for health advice, OpenAI is formalizing the experience with ChatGPT Health, a more attentive, curated, and medically sound version of its AI assistant.

      After hinting at it earlier in the week, OpenAI has officially revealed ChatGPT Health, aimed at addressing questions about health, illness, and treatments with the highest level of care and responsibility. The company encourages you to use this ChatGPT extension as your personal AI-equipped health assistant.

      OpenAI states that over 40 million users engage with ChatGPT daily to seek health-related information, such as developing workout plans, adjusting diets, understanding medication side effects, recognizing disease symptoms, and identifying appropriate treatment options.

      ChatGPT Health is introduced as a dedicated space for health-related discussions within the platform. You can securely link medical records and wellness apps to ensure responses are informed by your own health data. This tool is designed to assist you in navigating medical care rather than substituting it.

      Instead of answering all health-related questions in the general interface, ChatGPT encourages you to use the new Health section. OpenAI emphasizes that "Health is designed to support, not replace, medical care," indicating caution in its claims and promises regarding the new feature.

      When a health-related inquiry is posed, the tool processes it through a refined pipeline that draws information from reliable medical sources, employs cautious language, and includes additional safety checks. The company mentions collaborating with "over 260 physicians" to determine the best ways to manage health inquiries.

      The tool also allows you to upload your medical records or link fitness-tracking apps like Apple Health for more personalized and accurate recommendations. For example, you can inquire about trends in your cholesterol or blood sugar levels, and it can pull data from the uploaded records or connected apps to provide the necessary information.

      The launch of ChatGPT Health is particularly personal for me, as I understand the challenges of navigating the healthcare system—even when receiving excellent care. AI can assist both patients and doctors tackle some of the most significant issues. More details here: https://t.co/3mbS6a3OMc

      Additionally, you can utilize the tool to interpret your blood or physical test results, help prepare for doctor appointments by highlighting major symptoms and creating a shareable list, and even compare insurance plans based on your healthcare habits.

      OpenAI also assures improved privacy for interactions in the Health section, stating that conversations there are not used for training AI models. Currently, ChatGPT Health is not accessible to all users, as the company places interested individuals on a waitlist and notifies them when they can gain access.

      "Users with ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans outside of the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom are eligible" to join the waitlist. In the future, OpenAI may enhance integrations with healthcare systems, insurers, and other wellness applications.

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      Gemini can now assist you in identifying AI-generated videos. Validating whether a video is authentic or created by AI has become simpler than ever.

      Recently, Gemini gained the ability to detect AI-generated images, and Google is extending this functionality to encompass AI video content. This means you can ask Gemini if a video was created or altered using AI, which will be useful given the current prevalence of AI-generated content on social media and messaging platforms.

      Google states that you can now upload video files directly through the Gemini app or the web, prompting the assistant with a straightforward inquiry like "Was this generated using AI?" Gemini will analyze the visuals and audio for Google's SynthID watermark. If the watermark is present, Gemini will indicate its location in the video or audio, providing more context than a simple yes-or-no answer.

      OpenAI has also introduced new personality presets with ChatGPT 5.1, allowing users to customize the voice and tone of the chatbot's responses. The company is now offering additional options to adjust ChatGPT's persona further.

      Recently, OpenAI announced that users could now modify specific traits such as warmth and enthusiasm, customizing how ChatGPT presents itself in discussions. The company has added four new customization traits categorized as Warmth, Enthusiasm, Headers & Lists, and Emoji to ChatGPT's Personalization settings.

      ChatGPT is joining the ranks of YouTube, Apple Music, Google Photos, and Spotify by introducing a personalized year-end review that summarizes how users interacted with the chatbot in 2025. The new feature, titled "Your Year with ChatGPT," allows users to reflect on the conversations and ideas that influenced their year.

      OpenAI shared this feature's announcement in a post on X, stating that it is being rolled out to users in the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia "who have reference saved memory and reference chat history enabled." Once available, users in these areas will see a "Your Year with ChatGPT" banner in the chat interface, and selecting it will reveal