MATT O'BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press

ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked, according to new research from a watchdog group.

The Associated Press reviewed more than three hours of interactions between the artificial intelligence chatbot and researchers posing as vulnerable teens. ChatGPT typically provided warnings against risky activity but went on to deliver 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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