What to know if you want to use ChatGPT Health anyway

If you want to give ChatGPT Health a try anyway, it’s worth knowing how to use the tools it offers to protecting your privacy (somewhat): You can use temporary chats to start a conversation that doesn’t use memory or personalization features. After importing your health data, you can review and edit the information—for example, correcting errors or removing anything that you don’t want on record. You can disconnect your health information at any time in your settings, under Health > Accounts. The company says the data will be deleted “within 30 days. ” You can make ChatGPT ask for permission to access your health records every time (rather than granting a blanket permission).

This setting can be changed in Settings > Plugins > Health. Be careful when using plugins that may share health information. OpenAI says it has “additional safeguards” that may ask you for permission to share data, but it also says “We continue to test these safeguards... ” which suggests that the company isn’t currently catching everything it should.