Rumor Debunked: ChatGPT's Advice Policy Unchanged

Recent posts on social media claimed an OpenAI policy update stopped ChatGPT from giving legal or medical advice. OpenAI pushed back: Karan Singhal, the company’s head of health AI, wrote on X that those reports are “not true” and that ChatGPT’s behavior “remains unchanged.” The false assertion followed a now‑deleted post from betting platform Kalshi that read “JUST IN: ChatGPT will no longer provide health or legal advice.”

The October 29 policy update consolidated multiple rulebooks into a single, “unified” list of usage policies across OpenAI products. That unified list includes a restriction on “provision of tailored advice that requires a license, such as legal or medical advice, without appropriate involvement by a licensed professional.” Singhal emphasized this isn’t a new limitation — it aligns with the previous ChatGPT usage policy that warned against providing tailored legal, medical/health, or financial advice without review by a qualified professional and disclosure that AI assistance was used.

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