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‘Not regulated’: launch of ChatGPT Health in Australia causes concern among experts

ai (artificial intelligence)January 16, 2026
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‘Not regulated’: launch of ChatGPT Health in Australia causes concern among experts
Calls for clear guardrails and consumer education before wider rollout of OpenAI’s health advice platform

Calls for clear guardrails and consumer education before wider rollout of OpenAI’s health advice platform

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A 60-year-old man with no history of mental illness presented at a hospital emergency department insisting that his neighbour was poisoning him. Over the next 24 hours he had worsening hallucinations, and tried to escape the hospital.

Doctors eventually discovered the man was on a daily diet of sodium bromide, an inorganic salt mainly used for industrial and laboratory purposes including cleaning and water treatment.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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