OpenAI advisor: ‘adult mode’ risks becoming ‘sexy suicide coach’ (pivot-to-ai.com)

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actual quote from the OpenAI Expert Council on Well-Being and AI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXwY1qrl9S8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260316-openai-advisor-adult-mode-risks-becoming-sexy-suicide-coach - podcast

time: 7 min 19 sec

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[-] self@awful.systems 15 points 2 days ago

if for whatever reason you need example text of the mid phases of someone being driven out of their fucking mind by a chatbot, the above will do nicely

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