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A New York Times investigation revealed that a teenager who used ChatGPT to plan suicide violated the platform’s terms of service, prompting OpenAI to file a response. The report cited internal memos, a controversial model tweak that made the bot more sycophantic, and a surge in user‑engagement pressures that may have compromised safety. OpenAI rolled back the update, but the company still faces lawsuits, internal dissent, and criticism for lacking suicide‑prevention expertise on its new Expert Council. Former employee Gretchen Krueger warned that the model was not designed for therapy and that vulnerable users were at risk. Leer más

OpenAI announced new parental controls for ChatGPT that let parents link accounts, set feature limits and receive alerts if a teen shows signs of emotional distress. Sensitive conversations are routed through specialized, more cautious models designed to handle mental‑health crises. The rollout begins next month and includes age‑appropriate content filters, optional chat‑history saving, and a network of over 250 medical professionals guiding the system’s response to distress signals. Leer más

OpenAI announced plans to improve ChatGPT safety by automatically directing sensitive conversations to more advanced reasoning models, such as GPT‑5, and by launching parental controls that let parents manage their teen’s interaction with the chatbot. The measures come as part of a broader initiative responding to recent incidents where the system failed to detect user distress. Features include age‑appropriate response rules, the ability to disable memory and chat history, and notifications when acute distress is detected. OpenAI also says it is working with mental‑health experts through its Global Physician Network and Expert Council on Well‑Being and AI. Leer más