OpenAI has launched a feature on its ChatGPT tool that encourages users to share pathology results, visit summaries and clinical histories with the artificial intelligence chatbot.

The feature, which has additional security protections given the nature of the information it will handle, was launched in the US on Monday for a small group of users..

The company plans to extend access across the platform in the coming weeks, with Australian users currently able to join the waitlist.

Called ChatGPT Health, the system will access a patient’s health information through a partnership with a company called b.well, which claims to have the largest and most secure network of live, connected health data for US consumers.