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According to data released by OpenAI last fall, in any given week 0.15% of ChatGPT users globally have "conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent." That's over 1.35 million people expressing suicidal plans or intent to the chatbot every week, if the 900 million global users ChatGPT cites is an accurate count. In early February 2025, Sophie Rottenberg died by suicide in Ithaca, leaving her parents shocked and grieving. "She really had not revealed the magnitude of what was going on โ the real depth of her agony to anyone โ not to us, not to her best friend with whom she was very close," says Reiley. "We were all just stunned that it hadn't bled out into her real life. OpenAI says it's working with mental health professionals to improve ChatGPT in terms of how it responds to users when they mention suicide. "ChatGPT is trained to recognize signs that someone may be at risk โ including indirect cues or warning signs that emerge over time โ and respond appropriately," OpenAI spokesperson Gaby Raila told NPR in an email.
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