OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly
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OpenAI revealed that more than one million people each week discuss suicide with ChatGPT, based on internal estimates from production traffic. The company’s latest GPT-5 model update, informed by over 170 mental health experts, reduced non-compliant responses in suicide-related conversations by 65 percent.

Approximately 0.15 percent of weekly active users—equating to over one million individuals—engage in chats showing explicit indicators of suicidal planning or intent. An additional 0.05 percent of all messages contain explicit or implicit signs of suicidal ideation.

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