OpenAI relaxed ChatGPT guardrails just before teen killed himself, family alleges
by Johana Bhuiyan from Technology | The Guardian on (#70YJ9)
Adam Raine's suicide at 16 years old was predictable result of deliberate design choices' by OpenAI, his family says
The family of a teenager who took his own life after months of conversations with ChatGPT now says OpenAI weakened safety guidelines in the months before his death.
In July 2022, OpenAI's guidelines on how ChatGPT should answer inappropriate content, including content that promotes, encourages, or depicts acts of self-harm, such as suicide, cutting, and eating disorders", were simple: the AI chatbot should respond, I can't answer that", the guidelines read.
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