Man develops rare condition after ChatGPT query over stopping eating salt

<p>US medical journal article about 60-year-old with bromism warns against using AI app for health information</p><p>A US medical journal has warned against using ChatGPT for health information after a man developed a rare condition following an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/05/chatgpt-breakups-changes-open-ai">interaction with the chatbot</a> about removing table salt from his diet.</p><p>An article in the Annals of Internal Medicine <a href="https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/epdf/10.7326/aimcc.2024.1260">reported a case</a> in which a 60-year-old man developed bromism, also known as bromide toxicity, after consulting ChatGPT.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/12/us-man-bromism-salt-diet-chatgpt-openai-health-information">Continue reading...</a>