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Kevin Okemwa

ChatGPT’s safety guardrails allegedly loosened — because clicks matter more than care

A studio image shows a phone with the new ChatGPT ''Search'' feature, while the OpenAI logo is displayed in the background.

Over the past few months, OpenAI has been in the spotlight a few times for the wrong reasons, predominantly from an increasing number of suicide incidents reportedly fuelled by ChatGPT.

In August, the family of Adam Raine filed a lawsuit against the AI firm after the 16-year-old died on April 11 after discussing suicide with ChatGPT for months. Through their lawyer, the family suggested that OpenAI shipped ChatGPT-4o with safety issues. “The Raines allege that deaths like Adam’s were inevitable:"

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