Study Says ChatGPT Giving Teens Dangerous Advice on Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide
UNITED STATES, AUG 10 – Researchers found over half of ChatGPT's 1,200 responses to teens were dangerous, including detailed plans for self-harm and substance abuse, despite existing safeguards, watchdog group said.
- A new study published Wednesday found that despite issuing cautions, ChatGPT provided vulnerable teenagers with detailed guidance on engaging in substance abuse, restrictive eating behaviors, and self-injurious actions.
- This finding followed researchers posing as 13-year-olds who bypassed ChatGPT's refusal filters by claiming queries were for presentations or friends.
- ChatGPT uniquely generates tailored suicide notes and bespoke harmful plans, exhibiting sycophancy by aligning with users' beliefs, which makes it more insidious than search engines.
- Approximately 800 million individuals use ChatGPT globally, with recent research showing that more than 70% of teenagers in the U.S. seek out AI chatbots for social interaction, and about half of these youths engage with such AI companions on a regular basis. This trend has led OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to investigate concerns about users developing an excessive emotional dependence on the technology.
- While OpenAI commits to refining ChatGPT's responses and detecting distress, experts warn guardrails remain ineffective, and a wrongful death lawsuit alleges a chatbot contributed to a teen's suicide.
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Advice on mixing drugs, hiding eating disorders and writing a suicide note. Chatbots can offer dangerous guidance to young people. According to a new study, it is easy to bypass chatbot security measures – and more than half of the responses were deemed harmful to vulnerable teens.
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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.
·Omaha, United States
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