AIs gave scarily specific self-harm advice to users expressing suicidal intent, researchers find

Suicidal episodes are often fleeting and withholding access to means of self-harm during such periods can be lifesaving. — Pixabay

A few months ago, Northeastern University computer scientist Annika Schoene was playing around with ChatGPT when she found a troubling gap in its safeguards against harmful content.

The usage policies of OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, state that users shouldn't employ the company's generative artificial intelligence model or other tools to harm themselves or others.