{"id":320429,"date":"2025-08-05T18:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/320429\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T18:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:03:15","slug":"openai-stops-chatgpt-from-telling-people-to-break-up-with-partners-chatgpt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/320429\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI stops ChatGPT from telling people to break up with partners | ChatGPT"},"content":{"rendered":"

ChatGPT<\/a> will not tell people to break up with their partner and will encourage users to take breaks from long chatbot sessions, under new changes to the artificial intelligence tool.<\/p>\n

OpenAI, ChatGPT\u2019s developer, said the chatbot would stop giving definitive answers to personal challenges and would instead help people to mull over problems such as potential breakups.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you ask something like: \u2018Should I break up with my boyfriend?\u2019 ChatGPT shouldn\u2019t give you an answer. It should help you think it through \u2013 asking questions, weighing pros and cons,\u201d said OpenAI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The US company said new ChatGPT behaviour for dealing with \u201chigh-stakes personal decisions\u201d would be rolled out soon.<\/p>\n

OpenAI admitted this year that an update to ChatGPT had made the groundbreaking chatbot too agreeable and altered its tone. In one reported interaction before the change, ChatGPT congratulated a user<\/a> for \u201cstanding up for yourself\u201d when they claimed they had stopped taking their medication and left their family \u2013 who the user had thought were responsible for radio signals emanating from the walls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the blog post, OpenAI admitted that there had been instances where its advanced 4o model had not recognised signs of delusion or emotional dependency \u2013 amid concerns that chatbots are worsening people\u2019s mental health crises<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The company said it was developing tools to detect signs of mental or emotional distress so ChatGPT can direct people to \u201cevidence-based\u201d resources for help.<\/p>\n

A recent study by NHS doctors in the UK<\/a> warned that AI programs could amplify delusional or grandiose content in users vulnerable to psychosis. The study, which has not been peer reviewed, said the programs\u2019 behaviour could be because the models were designed to \u201cmaximise engagement and affirmation\u201d.<\/p>\n

The study added that even if some individuals benefited from AI interactions, there was a concern the tools could \u201cblur reality boundaries and disrupt self-regulation\u201d.<\/p>\n

OpenAI added that from this week it would send \u201cgentle reminders\u201d to take a screen break to users engaging in long chatbot sessions, similar to screen-time features deployed by social media companies.<\/p>\n

OpenAI also said it had convened an advisory group of experts in mental health, youth development and human-computer-interaction to guide its approach. The company has worked with more than 90 doctors, including psychiatrists and paediatricians, to build frameworks for evaluating \u201ccomplex, multi-turn\u201d chatbot conversations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hold ourselves to one test: if someone we love turned to ChatGPT for support, would we feel reassured? Getting to an unequivocal \u2018yes\u2019 is our work,\u201d said the blog post.<\/p>\n

The ChatGPT alterations were announced amid speculation that a more powerful version of the chatbot is imminent. On Sunday Sam Altman, OpenAI\u2019s chief executive, shared a screenshot<\/a> of what appeared to be the company\u2019s latest AI model, GPT-5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ChatGPT will not tell people to break up with their partner and will encourage users to take breaks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3163],"tags":[323,1942,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-320429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114977479212381351","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}