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OpenAI is worried that ChatGPT-4o users are developing feelings for the chatbot

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OpenAI is worried that ChatGPT-4o users are developing feelings for the chatbot

The introduction of GPT-4o has been seen as a major step up in the abilities of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot, as it’s now able to produce more lifelike responses and can work with a wider range of inputs. However, there may be a downside to this increased sophistication, with OpenAI itself warning that GPT-4o’s capabilities seem to be causing some users to become increasingly attached to the chatbot, with potentially worrying consequences.

Writing in a recent ‘system card’ blog post for GPT-4o, OpenAI outlined many of the risks associated with the new chatbot model. One of them is “anthropomorphization and emotional reliance,” which “involves attributing human-like behaviors and characteristics to nonhuman entities, such as AI models.”

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