ChatGPT’s New Safety Feature Could Alert ‘Trusted Contact’ to Risk of Self-Harm

OpenAI launched an optional safety feature this week called Trusted Contact, which lets adult ChatGPT users nominate a friend or family member to be notified if there are discussions of self-harm or suicide on the chatbot, the company announced.  OpenAI said that if ChatGPT’s automated monitoring system detects that the user “may have discussed harming […]