Building AI for better healthcare — the OpenAI Podcast Ep. 14

Healthcare systems around the world are under strain, and both patients and clinicians are feeling the impact. OpenAI's Head of Health Dr. Nate Gross and Karan Singhal, who leads Health AI Research, discuss how AI can help address the biggest challenges. They cover how OpenAI is training models to handle sensitive health questions in collaboration with physicians, and how that foundation is unlocking a new generation of tools for patients, clinicians, and healthcare systems. Chapters: 00:00:38 – Origins of Nate and Karan’s interest in AI and healthcare 00:05:01 – Strategy for building AI tools for clinicians 00:06:57 – How AI models are trained for health use cases 00:10:15 – How OpenAI is able to score well on health evals 00:14:21 – Key challenges deploying AI in healthcare 00:21:05 – Collaboration with hospitals and healthcare systems 00:23:05 – Practical everyday uses of AI health assistants 00:26:43 – Biggest “wow” moment during development 00:28:46 – Feedback from clinicians and early users