An estimated 0.15% of the chatbot\u2019s 800 million weekly users show suicidal planning indicators, according to the company<\/p>\n
OpenAI has announced a new safety update to its popular ChatGPT model after an internal analysis revealed over a million users admitted suicidal tendencies to the chatbot. The changes are intended to improve the AI\u2019s ability to recognize and properly respond to distress.\u00a0
\nIn a statement on Monday, the company revealed that an estimated 0.15% of weekly ChatGPT users have engaged in conversations that include \u201cexplicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.\u201d Another 0.05% of messages are also said to have contained \u201cexplicit or implicit indicators of suicidal ideation or intent.\u201d\u00a0
\nEarlier this month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed that ChatGPT has more than 800 million weekly active users, meaning that, according to the company\u2019s latest figures, over 1.2 million people have discussed suicide with the chatbot, and about 400,000 have displayed signs of suicidal intent.\u00a0
\nThe company also claimed that around 0.07% (560,000) of its weekly users and 0.01% (80,000) of messages indicate \u201cpossible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania.\u201d It further noted that a number of users have grown emotionally over reliant on ChatGPT, with about 0.15% (1.2 million) of active users exhibiting behavior that indicates \u201cheightened levels\u201d of emotional attachment to the chatbot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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OpenAI has announced that it has partnered with dozens of mental health experts from around the world to update the chatbot so it can more reliably recognize signs of mental distress, provide better responses, and guide users to real-world help.\u00a0
\nIn conversations relating to delusional beliefs, the company said it is teaching ChatGPT to respond \u201csafely,\u201d and \u201cempathetically,\u201d while avoiding affirming ungrounded beliefs.\u00a0
\nThe company\u2019s announcement comes amid rising concerns over the increasing use of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and the effect they have on people\u2019s mental health. Psychiatrists and other medical professionals have expressed alarm about an emerging trend of users developing dangerous delusions and paranoid thoughts after prolonged conversations with AI chatbots, which tend to affirm and reinforce users\u2019 beliefs. The phenomenon has been dubbed by some as \u201cAI psychosis.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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