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OpenAI updates terms to forbid usage for medical and legal advice

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26 points piskov | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 23:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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geor9e ◴[01 Nov 25 01:47 UTC] No.45778609[source]▶
HN Headline is categorically false.

"you cannot use our services for: provision of tailored advice that requires a license, such as legal or medical advice, without appropriate involvement by a licensed professional"

So, they didn't add any handrails, filters, or blocks to the software. This is just boilerplate "consult your doctor too!" to cover their ass.

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unyttigfjelltol ◴[01 Nov 25 01:52 UTC] No.45778632[source]▶
Doesn’t prohibit brainstorming what to ask your doctor, or which professional consultation to prioritize.

Does prohibit, for illustration, LLM-powered surgical device.

Everything else is “gray area”?

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1. geor9e ◴[01 Nov 25 01:55 UTC] No.45778645[source]▶
Prohibits in the "I'm a sign, not a cop" sense.

There is no way for them to even remotely verify if you are "without appropriate involvement by a licensed professional" in the room, so to a rebellious outlaw, these prohibitions might as well not exist.