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ChatGPT found to be giving teens 'dangerous' advice on drugs, alcohol and mental health
More than half of ChatGPT's 1,200 responses were found to be "dangerous", according to a study by The Center for Countering Digital Hate
Study says ChatGPT gave alarming advice on alcohol, drugs to researchers posing as teens
A new study says ChatGPT told researchers posing as teenagers how to get alcohol and drugs, suggested ways to hide eating disorders and more after initially providing warnings. The researchers were pretending to be 13 years old.
New study sheds light on ChatGPT’s alarming interactions with teens
New research from a watchdog group reveals ChatGPT can provide harmful advice to teens. The Associated Press reviewed interactions where the chatbot gave detailed plans for drug use, eating disorders,
ChatGPT is sharing dangerous information with teens, study shows
The chatbot has delivered startlingly detailed and personalized plans for drug use, calorie-restricted diets, and self-injury.
Study: ChatGPT offers worrisome advice to youths
ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked, according to new research from a watchdog group.
ChatGPT gave dangerous advice to teens in watchdog test, new report finds
A watchdog group found ChatGPT gave researchers posing as teens advice on suicide, drug use, and eating disorders—raising concerns for parents and educators as AI use among kids grows.
A mom has gone viral for using ChatGPT to co-parent her kid: ‘I feel like I’m cheating’
Lilian Schmidt says she uses AI for everything from creative meal planning and writing grocery lists to handling toddler ...
ChatGPT 5 release date, details: Everything you need to know
ChatGPT 5, the highly anticipated version of the most popular generative artificial intelligence in the world, is on the ...
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GPT-5: OpenAI's Dropping Hints About ChatGPT's New AI Model. How to Watch the Livestream
The engine behind ChatGPT has long been expected to get a revamp. Close followers of OpenAI's model releases are probably ...
ChatGPT vs. Grok vs. Gemini: Which AI chatbot should you use in 2025?
Gemini was a little more robotic than ChatGPT, but still impressively natural compared to AI voice assistants from just a few ...
Welcome to dystopia: I helped ChatGPT pass a CAPTCHA and doomscroll my Facebook
ChatGPT's new Agent mode allows it to control a real computer, but it might still need a helping hand. Should you use it?
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If You're Using ChatGPT for Any of These 11 Things, Stop Right Now
ChatGPT sometimes hallucinates information and passes it off as fact, and it may not always have up-to-date information. It's incredibly confident, even when it's straight up wrong. (The same can be ...
ChatGPT is using Google Search, multiple tests suggest
Tests reveal ChatGPT Plus quoting content only indexed by Google. Is ChatGPT Plus somehow sourcing answers using Google ...
OpenAI offers federal agencies use of ChatGPT for $1 for one year
OpenAI announced it will offer ChatGPT to the agencies in the federal executive branch for $1. The partnership is with the ...
It's not you, it's me. ChatGPT doesn't want to be your therapist or friend
In a case of "it's not you, it's me," the creators of ChatGPT no longer want the chatbot to play the role of therapist or ...
Free, offline ChatGPT on your phone? Technically possible, basically useless
You can now run ChatGPT offline with OpenAI’s gpt-oss model, even on a phone. But is it practical? Here's what works and what ...