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Today’s Menu

• ChatGPT Health: Your Medical Records, Inside the Chatbot

• Crypto Twitter Fights Over Token Buybacks

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TODAY IN AI

ChatGPT Health: Your Medical Records, Inside the Chatbot

ChatGPT Health: Your Medical Records, Inside the Chatbot

OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Health, a private experience within the chatbot that lets users import medical records and fitness app data for personalized health conversations instead of generic advice.

The feature integrates with Apple Health, MyFitnessPal, and Peloton. A b.well integration allows users to import records from healthcare providers. Health conversations get isolated memory and stronger encryption for privacy, with OpenAI committing not to use those chats for model training.

OpenAI recently released data showing over 40 million users turn to the platform daily for health information like symptom checks and insurance questions. A waitlist opens today with broader web and iOS access expected soon, though importing actual medical records is currently limited to U.S. users.

OpenAI is expanding into another major vertical after education and shopping, but the stakes in healthcare are higher. With recent news about AI prescription refills and AI devices gaining FDA traction, ChatGPT Health arrives as the technology appears ready to gain serious medical capabilities.

TODAY IN CRYPTO

Crypto Twitter Fights Over Token Buybacks

A debate is breaking out on Crypto Twitter over token buybacks, which are typically celebrated in the space. If an app generates enough cash to repurchase its own token, conventional wisdom says it's doing something right.

But should projects rely so heavily on buybacks? Or are they damaging growth and innovation? That's the core question.

Here's why users love buybacks: holding a crypto app's token doesn't give you ownership like a stock does. Tokens function more like commodities that power apps. For example, trading on Hyperliquid requires paying fees in HYPE tokens. More users means more HYPE demand, driving up its value.

A quick way to increase token demand without adding users? Take revenue, buy your own token, create artificial demand, and reduce circulating supply to increase scarcity. Hyperliquid's data shows this works to varying degrees in both good and bad market conditions.

The criticism? Buybacks don't improve the product or meaningfully increase usage. They're financial engineering that benefits token holders short-term but may divert resources from building better products, attracting new users, or funding development that drives long-term growth.

The debate centers on whether buybacks are a legitimate value return mechanism or a crutch that lets projects avoid the harder work of actual innovation and user acquisition.

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