AI system
- System
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ChatGPT
- Model
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- Application developer
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OpenAI - Role
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A family member with an 18-month symptom history (nonstop cough, then internal bleeding). She described it to ChatGPT after top doctors, big hospitals, homeopathy, ayurveda and allopathy had not helped. ChatGPT listed several possible causes, including blood pressure medication. Told the mother was on BP medication, it asked whether it contained a specific ingredient, which it did. A doctor who, told of the suggestion, confirmed it at once and changed the prescription.
- Human oversight
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A doctor confirmed the suspected side effect and changed the medication.
- Relation to AI
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ChatGPT generated the hypothesis. Among several possible causes it listed blood pressure medication. When told the mother was on such medication, it asked whether the prescription contained a specific ingredient, which it did. The confirmation and the prescription change were made by a doctor (“He confirmed it instantly and changed the meds”). NDTV, Mint, Mashable India and the Financial Express quote a commenter. They say cough is a known side effect of BP medicine that doctors “should've checked”. That frames the contribution as surfacing a documented side effect rather than a novel diagnosis. No clinician comments on the chatbot's role. The whole sequence rests on the daughter's account.
- AI contribution
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ChatGPT suggested that a blood-pressure medication might explain a persistent cough. The daughter reported that a doctor confirmed the explanation and changed the prescription.
Benefits
- Outcome identifiers
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Not assessed
- Benefit
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ChatGPT flagged a BP drug side effect behind an 18-month cough; a doctor confirmed it and changed the drug; daughter reports mother healing.
- Category
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Improved Physical Health
- Status
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- Beneficiary groups
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People.
- Beneficiaries
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- Reach
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- Distribution and access
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- Duration
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- Expected?
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No
- Costs and harms
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Not assessed
Measurement
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- Measurement
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- Setting and sample
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- Measures
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- Comparison
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Assumed alternative: a year and a half of top doctors, big hospitals and homeopathic, ayurvedic and allopathic treatment
- Results
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Assumed comparison. Reference: My mom had a nonstop cough for 1.5 years. We saw top doctors, visited big hospitals in & out of the city, tried homeopathy, ayurveda, allopathy nothing helped. It got worse: internal bleeding started. Result: We told a doctor. He confirmed it instantly and changed the meds. Now she’s finally healing.
- Additional value from AI
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Not assessed
- Limitations
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The sequence rests on the daughter’s account. The cited coverage quotes commenters about the known side effect but contains no clinician’s assessment of ChatGPT’s contribution.
- Denominators
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Not assessed
- Materials for replication
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Not assessed
Money
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- Amount
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- Currency and prices
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- Realization
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- Recipients and payers
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- Gross or net
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- Included costs
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- Comparison
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- Method
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- Return and payback
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People and places
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Developer:
OpenAI. - Jurisdictions
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Developer:
United States. - Ownership and control
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- Dependencies
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- Cross-border connections
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- Geopolitical implications
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Not assessed
Follow-up
- Conditions for replication
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The chatbot's suggestion is taken to a prescribing doctor who confirms it before any medication is changed. The post credits the doctor with both the confirmation and the change. The cough must actually be the drug's side effect. The post names neither the drug nor the “ingredient”, so the mechanism cannot be checked against the drug's label. The account rests on one since-deleted post by the patient's daughter, relayed by independent outlets. No clinician, hospital or record corroborates it.
- Replication attempts
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Not assessed
- Later findings
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No follow-up on the mother was found; the only later fact is that the author deleted the post at an unknown date.
- Availability
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- Institutional decision
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- Grounds
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- Action and result
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- Success criterion
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Not assessed
Evidence
- Source numbers
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AIBD-0142-source-0001–0009
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Numbered references below.
- Language
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Not assessed
- Source relationships
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Beneficiary, Independent
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- Missing evidence
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Grades
- Assessed benefits
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People.
- Depth
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People: 2.
- Reasons
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People: One identifiable patient, the poster's mother, had an 18-month cough with internal bleeding that doctors had warned could become fatal. After the medication change her daughter reported her “finally healing”. Material for one person. It rates below life-changing because the recovery was in progress. Nothing beyond the daughter's post documents the diagnosis or the outcome.
- Observed or intended
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- Assessor and date
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- Alternative assessments
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- Fill
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Independently reported
Entry details
- Kind
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Not assessed
- Related entries
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Not assessed
- Field
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Healthcare (diagnosis; medication side effect). Consumer use by a patient's adult daughter.
- Purpose
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ChatGPT is OpenAI's general-purpose conversational assistant, not a diagnostic or drug-safety tool. Surfacing a medication side effect as the likely cause of a chronic cough was outside what it was built for. So the benefit is marked unexpected.
- Dates
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Date basis unassessed: 2025 (precision unassessed). Updated: 21 October 2026.
- Stage
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Not assessed
- Version
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SHA-256: e03125d0dfff…
References
- Other identifiers
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oecd_aim: 2025-07-24-aae1.
- Category mappings
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Not assessed
- Brief
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Not assessed
- Revisions
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5 revisions. Latest: 21 October 2026.
Sources
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News report Independent author
Singh R. / NDTV (2025). "ChatGPT Saved My Mom": Woman Claims AI Diagnosed Her Mother's Illness After Doctors Failed. NDTV Offbeat, 24 July 2025.
The chatbot provided a list of potential causes, including one that surprised her -- a possible side effect of her mother's blood pressure medication.
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News report Independent author
Thakur A. / Mint (2025). 'ChatGPT saved my mom': Woman reveals how AI diagnosed her mother's mysterious illness after 1.5 year struggle. Livemint, Trends.
Armed with this new insight, Shreya consulted their doctor, who immediately confirmed the link and changed the medication.
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News report Independent author
ET Online / The Economic Times (2025). Top doctors failed for 18 months, then AI diagnosed mystery illness: Woman shares how ChatGPT 'healed' her mom. ET Panache.
This time, the doctor agreed with the AI’s suggestion and immediately changed her mother’s prescription.
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News report Independent author
TOI Trending Desk / The Times of India (2025). 'ChatGPT saved my mom': Woman shares how AI solved 18-month medical mystery that doctors missed. ETimes Trending.
To validate the suspicion, ChatGPT asked a specific question: “Is she on BP medication with this ingredient?”
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News report Independent author
Singh P. / Mashable India (2025). Woman Claims ChatGPT Diagnosed Mom's Illness After Doctors Failed for Over a Year. in.mashable.com, Tech.
When Shreya confirmed her mother was on BP meds, ChatGPT asked about a specific ingredient.
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News report Independent author
Tech Desk / The Financial Express (2025). 'ChatGPT saved my mom': Woman reveals how AI diagnosed her mother's mysterious illness after 1.5 year struggle. financialexpress.com, Life / Technology.
After discussing it with a physician and switching the prescribed medication, her mother's condition started to improve noticeably.
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News report Independent author
FPJ Web Desk / The Free Press Journal (2025). 'ChatGPT Saved My Mom': Woman Says AI Uncovered Correct Cause Of Year-Long Cough, Doctors Had Deemed It 'Fatal'. freepressjournal.in, Tech.
Many praised the responsible follow-up with a medical professional, while others noted the growing usefulness of AI as a supplemental tool in health research.
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Other Beneficiary
We told a doctor. He confirmed it instantly and changed the meds. Now she’s finally healing.
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Other Independent author
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