Key points

ChatGPT psychosis led OpenAI to introduce safety measures into ChatGPT-5.

Users revolted and demanded the "friendly" version back.

It is important to consider why people are looking for friendship from chatbots in the first place.

Chatbots give us the "perfect" one-sided friendship: all of the benefits, none of the work.

ChatGPT is a friend with none of the effort. Source: Alexandra Koch/Pixabay

After multiple reports of incidents of ChatGPT psychosis , OpenAI released the newest model of ChatGPT with more guardrails. ChatGPT-5 now warns users to take breaks if they’ve been chatting too long. It is supposed to avoid certain topics and be less decisive when users ask questions that might be considered “high stakes.” OpenAI is apparently working with mental health profes

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