Mon, 27 Oct 2025

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 ChatGPT shares data on how many users exhibit psychosis or suicidal thoughts

The figure could mean potentially hundreds of thousands of users show signs of mental health distress weekly.

* Around 0.07% of ChatGPT users (approximately 560,000 people) exhibit possible signs of mental health emergencies, including mania, psychosis or suicidal thoughts.
* OpenAI's AI chatbot recognizes and responds to sensitive conversations, but critics argue that even a small percentage can amount to hundreds of thousands of people due to the large user base of around 800 million weekly active users.
* The company has built a network of over 170 experts from around the world, including psychiatrists, psychologists, and primary care physicians, to advise on mental health-related conversations.
* ChatGPT's recent updates include responding safely and empathetically to potential signs of delusion or mania, as well as indirect signals of potential self-harm or suicide risk.
* The company estimates that 0.15% of users have conversations with explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.
* OpenAI is facing mounting legal scrutiny over the way ChatGPT interacts with users, including a lawsuit filed by the parents of a teenager who allegedly encouraged him to take his own life in April.
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