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OpenAI<\/a>, the creator of ChatGPT<\/a>, says it is rushing to fix the systems\u2019 difficulties with helping users in mental distress.<\/p>\n In recent months, increasing reports have suggested that people are turning to the system as a kind of therapist, for help with personal problems and mental health issues. But ChatGPT is often overly encouraging of users who consult it, encouraging people\u2019s delusions and failing to challenge their assumptions.<\/p>\n Now OpenAI says that it is responding to those concerns with a range of updates and research intended to help make the system less dangerous when it is used by people are experiencing mental health crises or similar problems.<\/p>\n The company knows \u201cthat AI can feel more responsive and personal than prior technologies, especially for vulnerable individuals experiencing mental or emotional distress\u201d, it said.<\/p>\n Those changes include improvements to the models to make it better at recognising \u201csigns of delusion or emotional dependency\u201d, it said. Numerous reports have shown that the system could encourage people\u2019s delusions, or allow them to become emotionally attached to the system.<\/p>\n Users will also now be shown alerts if they are having long sessions of sending messages to ChatGPT. The message says that it is \u201cjust checking in\u201d and asks whether it is a \u201cgood time for a break\u201d.<\/p>\n It will also look to work through questions with people, rather than giving them an answer, especially in \u201chigh-stakes personal decisions\u201d. If a user asks whether they should break up with their boyfriend, for instance, it will aim to help them weigh up the decision rather than telling them what to do.<\/p>\n OpenAI also committed to work with experts to improve the system\u2019s response at \u201ccritical moments \u2013\u00a0for example, when someone shows signs of mental or emotional distress\u201d.<\/p>\n That has included working with medical experts, an advisory group on mental health and similar concerns, as well as working with researchers to improve the systems\u2019 ability to spot concerning behaviour and respond to it.<\/p>\n The announcement comes as OpenAI continues to tease the launch of GPT-5, an update to the model that powers ChatGPT. It will be the first major release since GPT-4 was launched in 2023, and OpenAI boss Sam Altman has looked to hype the new version as potentially transformative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-54763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}