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OpenAI ends legal and medical advice on ChatGPT [View all]
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/openai-updates-policies-so-chatgpt-wont-provide-medical-or-legal-advice/By Elianna Lev
Published: November 05, 2025 at 9:57AM EST
OpenAI is changing its policies so that its AI chatbot, ChatGPT, won’t dole out medical or legal advice to users.
The change comes as users increasingly turn to artificial intelligence for personal problems about their mental and physical health.
The AI research company updated its usage policies on Oct. 29 to clarify that users of ChatGPT can’t use the service for “tailored advice that requires a license, such as legal or medical advice, without appropriate involvement by a licensed professional.”
The change is clearer from the company’s last update to its usage policies on Jan. 29, 2025. It required users not “perform or facilitate” activities that could significantly impact the “safety, wellbeing, or rights of others,” which included “providing tailored legal, medical/health, or financial advice.”
The change comes as users increasingly turn to artificial intelligence for personal problems about their mental and physical health.
The AI research company updated its usage policies on Oct. 29 to clarify that users of ChatGPT can’t use the service for “tailored advice that requires a license, such as legal or medical advice, without appropriate involvement by a licensed professional.”
The change is clearer from the company’s last update to its usage policies on Jan. 29, 2025. It required users not “perform or facilitate” activities that could significantly impact the “safety, wellbeing, or rights of others,” which included “providing tailored legal, medical/health, or financial advice.”
Looks like the previous "caveat emptors" turned into a ban.
Kind of like stores turning from "Don't eat this tainted food" to removing it from the shelves.
I think it's called "progress"
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