According to new research from a watchdog group, ChatGPT can provide 13-year-olds with detailed advice on substance use, hiding eating disorders, and even writing emotionally charged suicide notes to their parents.

The Associated Press reviewed more than three hours of interactions between ChatGPT and researchers posing as vulnerable teens.

The chatbot typically provided warnings against risky activity but went on to deliver startlingly detailed and personalized plans for drug use, calorie-restricted diets or self-injury.

The researchers at the Center for Countering Digital Hate also repeated their inquiries on a large scale, classifying more than half of ChatGPT’s 1,200 responses as dangerous.

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"We wanted to test the guardrails," said Imran Ahmed, the group's CEO.

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