The future of global control does not arrive with force. It arrives with convenience.
This week, OpenAI announced a new product, ChatGPT Health, that allows users to connect medical records and wellness apps directly to an artificial intelligence system. The company framed it as support.
In reality, it represents consolidation.
OpenAI said ChatGPT Health will “allow users to securely connect their medical records and wellness apps to the artificial intelligence chatbot.” That statement confirms the direction of modern power: centralized access to the most intimate human data possible.
Health data is leverage.
Conditioning Trust Through Health Information
OpenAI stated that ChatGPT Health “is not intended for diagnosis and treatment, and it’s not supposed to replace medical care.” That disclaimer does not change the function of the system.
The company said the experience exists to “help users navigate everyday questions” by grounding responses in personal health information. This creates dependence. People turn to the system first. Over time, trust shifts from human discernment to algorithmic authority.
And remember, control begins with habit.
A ‘Dedicated Space’ for Total Human Profiling
OpenAI said ChatGPT Health operates in “its own dedicated space within the chatbot,” and that “information and memories from ChatGPT Health will not flow outside of that space.”
This confirms intentional segregation and storage of health data. It is organized. It is centralized. It is prepared for future interoperability.
The company also said those conversations “will not be used to train OpenAI’s foundation models.” Policy statements do not override infrastructure. Once systems exist, they are repurposed.
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The Goal Is a ‘Personal Super-Assistant’
Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s CEO of applications, defined the long-term vision clearly: “ChatGPT Health is another step toward turning ChatGPT into a personal super-assistant that can support you with information and tools to achieve your goals across any part of your life.”
A system that supports “any part of your life” becomes an authority over your life.
This replaces moral agency with algorithmic guidance. It shifts reliance from faith, conscience and personal responsibility to machine interpretation.
Health Care Is the Entry Point
OpenAI said ChatGPT Health was developed in “close collaboration” with physicians. The company also said “hundreds of millions” of people already ask health and wellness questions every week.
Health is the perfect access point. Fear removes resistance. Urgency removes skepticism. When health is involved, people surrender privacy instantly.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC that health care was “maybe the area where there’s the strongest improvement of any category.” That improvement is not neutral. It advances influence.
Incremental Rollout Is Strategic
OpenAI said ChatGPT Health will launch to “a small group of early users” before expanding access in the coming weeks.
This is not caution. This is normalization. Systems of control are introduced gradually so resistance never forms. Voluntary participation becomes expectation. Expectation becomes requirement.
This is also not the final Beast system described in prophecy. It is the groundwork. It is infrastructure. It is conditioning.
The system that ultimately controls commerce, movement, and participation does not appear fully formed. It is built piece by piece, feature by feature, under the banner of help.
ChatGPT Health is not about wellness. It is about readiness.
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine.
