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“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”

–Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

OpenAI last week soft-launched ChatGPT Health, a new feature that connects to your apps and medical records to give personalized medical advice. Essentially, it’s a really chatty Fitbit with access to WebMD.

The move builds on a stat the AI giant shared: 230+ million users ask ChatGPT health-related questions each week, opening the door for a more tailored, medically-informed user experience.

How it works

ChatGPT Health is a dedicated tab within the chatbot’s UI that allows users to submit a range of medical data to receive personalized answers to questions about their health.

• This includes data from health apps like Apple Health, MyFitnessPal, and Weight Watchers.
• Users can also upload their medical records to ChatGPT, which are accessed through back-end integration with digital health platform b.well.

But unlike your doctor, ChatGPT won’t be diagnosing anything—or raising an eyebrow when you admit you haven’t had water since yesterday morning. OpenAI says the tool is strictly a supplement, not a substitute, for actual medical care.

Others aren’t convinced it’s a good idea. Some medical experts warn of privacy concerns associated with sharing sensitive personal information. They suggest users should assume any information provided to ChatGPT—or other AI chatbots—is no longer private, as AI companies aren’t governed by HIPAA or any federal regulatory body when it comes to health information.

• Experts also note the risk of receiving bad information from AI chatbots, which studies show are designed to prioritize being helpful over medical accuracy, and to always respond with an answer (especially one that generates a user response).

Looking ahead…ChatGPT Health is currently available to a limited group of users, with OpenAI saying it plans to expand access in the coming weeks.

📊 Flash poll: Have you personally ever asked ChatGPT for medical advice?

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BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 📈 Consumer price index rose 2.7% in December from the year prior, the same rate as November and in line with economists’ estimates; inflation stood at 0.3% month-over-month, also in line with expectations; though grocery prices rose at their fastest monthly pace in three years.
• ✈️ Boeing logged net orders for 1,173 airplanes last year, outpacing European rival Airbus for the first time since 2018.
• 🥤 Taco Bell launches new $3-or-less value menu featuring five returning items and five new items, including a mini taco salad and salted caramel churros.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• 🏈 Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin steps down after 19 years—and one Super Bowl title—following the team’s seventh straight playoff loss; the Steelers will now look for just their fourth head coach since 1969.
• 🎤 K-Pop sensation BTS announces first world tour since taking a temporary break for mandatory military service in South Korea; the 70-date world tour includes nearly two dozen US shows.
• ⚾ Arizona Diamondbacks acquire 8x All-Star 3B Nolan Arenado, 34, from the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for a pitching prospect; St. Louis is also paying ~75% of Arenado’s $42 million contract over two years.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🦠 Viruses may develop special mutations in space that could prove useful to treating humans back on Earth, according to new study conducted aboard the ISS.
• 💉 FDA tells Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to remove warning labels about the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior from GLP-1 weight-loss drugs; it caps more than a year of studies into reported side effects.
• 🏥 7 in 10 cancer patients now survive for at least five years following their diagnosis, up from 63% in the mid-1990s and ~50% in the ‘70s, new study finds.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

• 🇮🇷 President Trump tells protesters in Iran that “help is on the way” two separate times in public comments yesterday, in the latest evidence the US may soon take action against Iran’s gov’t.
• 🧑‍⚖️ Supreme Court heard its first-ever cases on whether transgender athletes should be able to participate in sports that align with their gender identity; analysts say SCOTUS appears likely to uphold state bans on trans athletes.
• 🚨 DOJ charged a Venezuelan national and alleged Tren de Aragua gang member with assaulting federal officers; the man was shot by an ICE agent in Portland, Oregon, last week after officers said he rammed a vacant border patrol vehicle with his car. | At least six prosecutors have resigned from the US attorney’s office in Minnesota over the Trump admin’s handling of the federal investigation into last week’s killing of a woman by an ICE agent, per the WSJ; their concerns reportedly include pressure to investigate the wife of the deceased woman.

☝️ A new study published in PNAS zoomed in on an unlikely subject: a queen bumblebee’s tongue. Researchers discovered that queen bees have more widely spaced hairs on their tongues than worker bees, making them less efficient at collecting nectar and effectively hardwiring a division of labor inside the hive.

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How it works: We provide an incorrect stat. Your challenge is to guess whether the actual number is over or under the given value.

1. 📦 200 billion: Packages shipped worldwide each year
2. 🧙‍♂️ 4,500 pages: Total length of the mainline Harry Potter books (US versions)
3. 🌊 2 miles: Average ocean depth

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1. 📦 Over; ~217 billion/year
2. 🧙‍♂️ Under; 3,407 pages
3. 🌊 Over; 2.3 miles

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