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OpenAI enhances ChatGPT safety features with GPT-5 to aid users in distress

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OpenAI is enhancing ChatGPT's safety features to better handle users experiencing mental and emotional distress. The company is training its models to respond with empathy, offer support, and direct users to professional resources like crisis hotlines. For cases involving potential harm to others, conversations are escalated for human review and may be reported to law enforcement, while self-harm cases are handled with privacy in mind. These improvements are being developed with input from medical professionals and mental health experts. AI

RANK_REASON This is a significant update to safety features in a widely used AI product, incorporating expert input and new model capabilities.

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OpenAI enhances ChatGPT safety features with GPT-5 to aid users in distress

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  1. OpenAI News TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Helping people when they need it most

    How we think about safety for users experiencing mental or emotional distress, the limits of today’s systems, and the work underway to refine them.

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