{"id":22135,"date":"2026-02-26T15:37:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/unbelievably-dangerous-experts-sound-alarm-after-chatgpt-health-fails-to-recognise-medical-emergencies\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:37:28","slug":"unbelievably-dangerous-experts-sound-alarm-after-chatgpt-health-fails-to-recognise-medical-emergencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/unbelievably-dangerous-experts-sound-alarm-after-chatgpt-health-fails-to-recognise-medical-emergencies\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Unbelievably dangerous\u2019: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/26\/dfat-middle-east-evacuation-syria-isis-families-wives-children-anthony-albanese-angus-taylor-budget-cost-of-living-capital-gains-tax-reform-ntwnfb\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ChatGPT Health regularly misses the need for medical urgent care and frequently fails to detect suicidal ideation, a study of the AI platform has found, which experts worry could \u201cfeasibly lead to unnecessary harm and death\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/15\/chatgpt-health-ai-chatbot-medical-advice\">launched the \u201cHealth\u201d feature of ChatGPTto limited audiences in January<\/a>, which it promotes as a way for users to \u201csecurely connect medical records and wellness apps\u201d to generate health advice and responses. More than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/01\/05\/chatgpt-openai-health-insurance-aca\">40 million people reportedly ask ChatGPT<\/a> for health-related advice every day.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/feb\/26\/chatgpt-health-fails-recognise-medical-emergencies\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3e8651062ef84e39193ac5df7c3ef7a576210509\/588_0_3626_2901\/master\/3626.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4f57ffa0b1961b276fc31c0f00d44755\" title=\"\u2018Unbelievably dangerous\u2019: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies\" \/>Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases<\/p>\n<p>Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT Health regularly misses the need for medical urgent care and frequently fails to detect suicidal ideation, a study of the AI platform has found, which experts worry could \u201cfeasibly lead to unnecessary harm and death\u201d.<br \/>\nOpenAI launched the \u201cHealth\u201d feature of ChatGPTto limited audiences in January, which it promotes as a way for users to \u201csecurely connect medical records and wellness apps\u201d to generate health advice and responses. More than 40 million people reportedly ask ChatGPT for health-related advice every day. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast ChatGPT Health regularly misses the need for medical urgent care and frequently fails to detect suicidal &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/unbelievably-dangerous-experts-sound-alarm-after-chatgpt-health-fails-to-recognise-medical-emergencies\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Unbelievably dangerous\u2019: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22135"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}