(Quartz) – OpenAI and Anthropic are racing to become America’s health advisor, and not everyone’s buying into it

OpenAI says more than 230 million people already ask ChatGPT health questions every week. The new product adds guardrails — conversations won’t train the company’s models, and health data stays siloed from regular chats — while expanding what the AI can do with your information.

The timing isn’t coincidental. Anthropic, OpenAI’s closest competitor, announced Claude for Healthcare a few days later, targeting both consumers and the insurance industry’s paperwork. OpenAI also revealed it acquired Torch, a startup building “unified medical memory” for AI, for $60 million. The healthcare land grab is on. (Read More)