OpenAI’s conversational AI chatbot ChatGPT has weekly conversations with over one million people exhibiting suicidal thoughts, according to company data.
Based on this data, around 0.07% of ChatGPT users active in a given week exhibited possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania.
Additionally, around 0.15% of users active in a given week have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.
The use of ChatGPT has exploded in recent years. First released for public use in late 2022, the chatbot quickly garnered attention for its detailed responses and articulate answers across many domains of knowledge.
Today its weekly active users are estimated to be around 800 million. So while the percentages above are tiny, considering how many people use the chatbot weekly these estimates – particularly around suicide planning or intent – could equate to over a million people in a typical week.
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