OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has acknowledged the deep emotional connections some users have formed with ChatGPT, shedding light on one of the more unexpected consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption. Speaking to The Verge after last week’s rollout of GPT-5 — which included a controversial change in the default model for ChatGPT — Altman revealed that a small subset of people feel a distinctly personal bond with the AI assistant, maybe even too personal.
