OpenAI reports rare but concerning mental health cases among ChatGPT users

New data from OpenAI shows 0.07% of weekly users may display signs of mania, psychosis, or suicidal thoughts. The company says such cases are “extremely rare,” but given ChatGPT’s 800 million weekly users, the number is substantial.

A global network of over 170 experts now helps train the AI to respond with empathy and direct users to real help. Recent updates allow ChatGPT to detect and reroute high-risk chats.

Still, concerns grow as lawsuits emerge and experts warn about AI-induced illusions that can distort vulnerable users’ sense of reality.

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