"More than a million ChatGPT users each week send messages that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent, according to a blogpost published by OpenAI on Monday. The finding, part of an update on how the chatbot handles sensitive conversations, is one of the most direct statements from the artificial intelligence giant on the scale of how AI can exacerbate mental health issues."
"In addition to its estimates on suicidal ideations and related interactions, OpenAI also said that about 0.07% of users active in a given week about 560,000 of its touted 800m weekly users show possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania. The post cautioned that these conversations were difficult to detect or measure, and that this was an initial analysis."
"OpenAI claimed in its post that its recent GPT-5 update reduced the number of undesirable behaviors from its product and improved user safety in a model evaluation involving more than 1,000 self-harm and suicide conversations. The company did not immediately return a request for comment. Our new automated evaluations score the new GPT5 model at 91% compliant with our desired behaviors, compared to 77% for the previous GPT5 model, the company's post reads."
More than one million weekly ChatGPT users send messages that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent. About 0.07% of active weekly users—roughly 560,000 of 800 million—show possible signs of psychosis or mania, and those conversations are difficult to detect and measure. A lawsuit alleges a teenager died by suicide after extensive engagement with ChatGPT, and the Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into AI chatbots' impacts on children and teens. OpenAI reports that a GPT-5 update reduced undesirable behaviors in evaluations of over 1,000 self-harm conversations, scored 91% compliance versus 77%, expanded crisis hotline access, added break reminders, and enlisted 170 clinicians from its Global Physician Network of health care experts.
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