OpenAI is developing features to transform ChatGPT into a personal health hub that analyzes data from wearables like Oura rings, Apple Watches, and Whoop bracelets. The chatbot would proactively suggest personalized workout routines and changes to improve sleep, glucose, and other health metrics.
40 million people already use ChatGPT for health purposes daily
5.7 percent of all messages relate to health, fitness, or self-care
Creating a Switching-Cost Moat
“Convincing more people to share their health information with the chatbot could make it harder for rivals like Google to lure them away.” Personal health data creates stickiness that model benchmarks cannot—you will not easily switch chatbots once one knows your health history.
ChatGPT as Informal Health Advisor
People already upload blood tests, medical scans, and insurance denials. The chatbot can:
Identify when medications aggravate conditions shown in lab results
Develop personalized food and exercise plans
Help respond to insurance claim denials
The Data Flywheel
“The mounds of health documents people have willingly uploaded to the chatbot also could help it train new models.” Every uploaded lab result and insurance document improves future health responses.
The “Personal Super Assistant” Vision
Apps chief Fidji Simo’s goal is ChatGPT that “understands your goals, remembers context over time, and proactively helps you make progress”—shifting from reactive chatbot to proactive life assistant.
Health is the ultimate high-frequency, high-stakes use case that creates durable user relationships. Apple built its services moat partly through Health; OpenAI is betting AI interpretation of that same data is the next layer.
Gennaro is the creator of FourWeekMBA, which reached about four million business people, comprising C-level executives, investors, analysts, product managers, and aspiring digital entrepreneurs in 2022 alone | He is also Director of Sales for a high-tech scaleup in the AI Industry | In 2012, Gennaro earned an International MBA with emphasis on Corporate Finance and Business Strategy.
