Tag Archives: ChatGPTs

OpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT’s personality

OpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT’s personality

OpenAI is reorganizing its Model Behavior team, a small but influential group of researchers who shape how the company’s AI models interact with people, TechCrunch has learned. In an August memo to staff seen by TechCrunch, OpenAI’s chief research officer Mark Chen said the Model Behavior team — which consists of roughly 14 researchers — would be joining the Post …

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Family of dead teen say ChatGPT’s new parental controls not enough

Family of dead teen say ChatGPT’s new parental controls not enough

A lawyer representing a California couple who are suing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI over the death of their 16-year-old son has criticised the popular chatbot’s new parental controls. The firm has introduced new rules in the wake of the family’s allegations that ChatGPT encouraged their child to take his own life. OpenAI said parents of teenage users will soon be able to …

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Parents sue OpenAI over ChatGPT’s role in son’s suicide

Parents sue OpenAI over ChatGPT’s role in son’s suicide

Before 16-year-old Adam Raine died by suicide, he had spent months consulting ChatGPT about his plans to end his life. Now, his parents are filing the first known wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI, The New York Times reports. Many consumer-facing AI chatbots are programmed to activate safety features if a user expresses intent to harm themselves or others. But research …

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His psychosis was a mystery—until doctors learned about ChatGPT’s health advice – PsyPost

His psychosis was a mystery—until doctors learned about ChatGPT’s health advice  PsyPost ChatGPT dietary advice sends man to hospital with dangerous chemical poisoning  Fox News Man Hospitalized With Psychiatric Symptoms Following AI Advice  ScienceAlert Man develops rare condition after ChatGPT query over stopping eating salt  The Guardian Man sought diet advice from ChatGPT and ended up with ‘bromide intoxication’  Live Science Source link

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ChatGPT’s model picker is back, and it’s complicated

ChatGPT’s model picker is back, and it’s complicated

When OpenAI launched GPT-5 last week, the company said the model would simplify the ChatGPT experience. OpenAI hoped GPT-5 would act as a sort of “one size fits all” AI model with a router that would automatically decide how to best answer user questions. The company said this unified approach would eliminate the need for users to navigate its model …

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Man poisons himself after taking ChatGPT’s dietary advice – NewsNation

Man poisons himself after taking ChatGPT’s dietary advice  NewsNation A man asked ChatGPT how to remove sodium chloride from his diet. It landed him in the hospital  The Independent Man sought diet advice from ChatGPT and ended up with ‘bromide intoxication’  Live Science The dangerous ChatGPT advice that landed a 60-year-old man in the hospital with hallucinations  New York Post Man Nearly Poisons Himself …

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Man Follows ChatGPT’s Advice and Poisons Himself

Man Follows ChatGPT’s Advice and Poisons Himself

A man trying to cut out salt from his diet learned the hard way that ChatGPT isn’t to be trusted with medical advice after the OpenAI chatbot’s toxic suggestions landed him in the hospital. As described in a new paper published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, a 60-year-old man ended up coming down with an all-but-defunct condition known …

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Sam Altman Explains Why Some Users Want ChatGPT’s ‘Yes Man’ Tone Back

Sam Altman Explains Why Some Users Want ChatGPT’s ‘Yes Man’ Tone Back

Some ChatGPT users were so attached to the chatbot’s “yes man” style that they asked OpenAI to bring it back, Sam Altman has said. The OpenAI CEO said there was a “heartbreaking” reason — because some users said they had never had anyone support them before. “Here is the heartbreaking thing. I think it is great that ChatGPT is less …

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ChatGPT’s new AI study mode won’t just give you the answer

ChatGPT’s new AI study mode won’t just give you the answer

OpenAI is adding a new study mode for ChatGPT that “helps you work through problems step by step instead of just getting an answer,” according to an OpenAI blog post. It will be available today for ChatGPT Free, Plus, Pro, and Team users and for ChatGPT Edu users “in the next few weeks.” When you ask a question with study …

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ChatGPT’s Study Mode Is Here. It Won’t Fix Education’s AI Problems

ChatGPT’s Study Mode Is Here. It Won’t Fix Education’s AI Problems

The school year starts soon for many students, and ChatGPT has announced a new “study mode” that aims to prevent—or at least, encourage against—students taking homework shortcuts. The mode is designed around the Socratic method, so when activated, OpenAI’s generative AI chatbot rejects direct requests for answers, instead guiding the user with open-ended questions. The new study mode is available …

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