Parents could be alerted if their teenagers show acute distress while talking with ChatGPT, amid child safety concerns as more young people turn to AI chatbots for support and advice. The alerts are part of new protections for children using ChatGPT to be rolled out in the next month by OpenAI, which was last week sued by the family of …
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FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. — Karolína Muchová, the Czech world No. 13, had to wipe away tears and briefly halt her second-round U.S. Open match against Sorana Cîrstea on Thursday. She later said that she had spotted an ex-boyfriend in the crowd, who she said has a history of showing up “at places where he shouldn’t be.” Muchová was serving down …
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A growing number of children in mental health crises are spending days, sometimes nearly a week, in hospital emergency rooms because there is nowhere else for them to go, a new study has found. In a report published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University examined Medicaid claims data from 44 states covering more than …
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OpenAI, which is expected to launch its GPT-5 AI model this week, is making updates to ChatGPT that it says will improve the AI chatbot’s ability to detect mental or emotional distress. To do this, OpenAI is working with experts and advisory groups to improve ChatGPT’s response in these situations, allowing it to present “evidence-based resources when needed.” OpenAI acknowledges …
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