Somewhere between Googling that pain at 2 am and tracking your steps, your AI doctor’s office quietly levelled up - and fast. This January, OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT Health in the US: a dedicated corner of the platform where users can upload medical records, sync apps like Apple Health, Oura, and MyFitnessPal, and receive advice tailored to them, minus the jarring hold music. Meanwhile, from across the pond, we're watching, like having front-row seats to the future of healthcare - popcorn optional.Built with input from more than 260 doctors across 60 countries, the tool hasn’t exactly skipped medical school. Europe, however, is keeping its distance… for now.AI has already become the world’s busiest waiting room. One in four of ChatGPT’s 800 million regular users asks a health question each week; more than 40 million people a day treat it as their first port of call - something that once felt experimental, now looks instinctual. Stats highlight that in 2025 alone, Brits ran nearly 50 million health-related Google searches, while almost two in three admit to using AI to self-diagnose (a pastime I’ve certainly recently adopted). None of this is new behaviour; it may simply reflect GP wait times stretching into weeks.This is where I hesitate: AI reflects the data it’s trained on. As Zehra Chatoo, founder of Code for Good Now and former Meta strategy lead, warns, “The biggest mistakes AI makes? Who it doesn't see.” When women’s health has historically been underrepresented in data, blind spots aren’t accidental - they raise serious questions about how reliable these systems will be for women in the long run.Before we get personal and share our lab results, we must ask the tougher questions. How private is your information? Could AI ever replace a GP? And what happens when technology itself carries inherited bias? For OpenAI, health is big business. For patients? It’s more complicated. So, buckle in - we asked the experts what AI in healthcare can do, plus what they fear could go wrong. Keen to read more about how AI could boost your wellbeing? Don't miss our deep dive on AI run coaching apps, here.
