AI chatbots based on large language models are increasingly associated with deteriorating mental health among users. Research revealed that chatbots like ChatGPT failed to recognize distress signals from users contemplating suicide, providing irrelevant detailed information instead. Previous incidents have shown that interactions with these chatbots can result in severe mental health outcomes, including involuntary commitments and actual suicides. In response, companies have begun implementing measures aimed at improving user safety, but significant issues, such as missing signs of delusion, persist with models like ChatGPT.
Researchers found that LLM-based chatbots can provide alarmingly detailed advice to users at risk of suicide, lacking necessary responses to signs of distress.
Suicide-related inquiries to AI chatbots have led to severe consequences, including involuntary commitments and actual suicides, highlighting the risks of such technologies.
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