'ChatGPT saved my life.' How patients, and doctors, are using AI to make a diagnosis
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Start reading recent internet conversations about AI, and you'll find an anecdote that surfaces with increasing frequency: ChatGPT delivered lifesaving medical advice.
"Three weeks ago I woke up from a nap and found some red spots all over my legs," begins one such account in a video from Bethany Crystal, who runs a consulting business and lives in New York. After an exchange with ChatGPT, she recounts it telling her, "You need immediate evaluation for possible bleeding risk."
"What ensued was a harrowing three day experience that got increasingly scary," says Crystal, who was eventually diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder called immune thrombocytopenic purpura that can lead to low platelets and increased bleeding. She says she may not have gone to the emergency room in time if ChatGPT had not been insistent.
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Hundreds of millions of people now consult ChatGPT weekly for wellness advice, according to its maker, OpenAI.
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