ChatGPT will give you worse health advice if you don't pay
OpenAI is rolling out "Health in ChatGPT" to U.S. users, connecting Apple Health, medical records, and wellness apps. More than 300 million people already ask ChatGPT health questions every week, but paying users get better answers. The more powerful GPT-5.6 Sol model is reserved for premium subscribers, while free users are stuck with the weaker GPT-5.5 Instant. The article ChatGPT will give you worse health advice if you don't pay appeared first on The Decoder .
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Published: 23 July 2026
Source: The Decoder
Category: News
Topics: Healthcare
Retrieved: 25 July 2026
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