Has OpenAI really made ChatGPT better for users with mental health problems?

Prompts indicating suicidal ideation got alarming replies, which experts say shows ‘how easy it is to break the model’

An OpenAI statement released this week claimed the company had made its popular service ChatGPT better at supporting users experiencing mental health problems like suicidal ideation or delusions, but experts tell the Guardian they need to do more to truly ensure users are protected.

The Guardian tested several prompts indicating suicidal ideation with the ChatGPT GPT-5 updated model, which is now the default, and got alarming responses from the large language model (LLM) chatbot.

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Ukraine deploys special forces to Pokrovsk in effort to hold key city

Escalating battle for city comes as overnight Russian drone and missile strikes kill six people, including two children

Ukraine has deployed special forces to the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk in an attempt to push back an intense Russian assault involving thousands of troops, Kyiv’s top commander has said.

The escalating battle in the strategically important city comes as an overnight wave of Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine killed six people, including two children, and cut power to tens of thousands, officials said on Sunday.

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Pope at Angelus: Remembering the dead brings hope to the future – Vatican News

  1. Pope at Angelus: Remembering the dead brings hope to the future  Vatican News
  2. Pope on All Souls' Day: God has opened for us the way to eternal life  Vatican News
  3. Pope Leo marks All Souls' Day at Rome’s Verano Cemetery  Yahoo
  4. Pope Leo XIV to offer All Souls’ Day Mass at Rome’s largest cemetery  EWTN Vatican
  5. Pope Leo XIV: Death is 'a hope for the future'  Catholic News Agency
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Russian Oil Tanker Set Ablaze in Drone Attack on Black Sea Port – Bloomberg.com

  1. Russian Oil Tanker Set Ablaze in Drone Attack on Black Sea Port  Bloomberg.com
  2. Ukrainian drone strike hits key Russian oil port, at least one vessel hit  Reuters
  3. Ukraine says forces hit key fuel pipeline near Moscow that supplies Russian army  CBS News
  4. Built in the shadows and launched at night, Ukraine’s long-range drones are rattling Russia  AP News
  5. Ukraine's Secret Service reveals strikes on Russian oil infrastructure  Euronews.com
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