오픈AI '성인모드' 출시 계속 추진에 "자살코치 될 위험" 경고도 | 연합뉴스
2026-03-16
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OpenAI's planned 'Adult Mode' for ChatGPT sparked internal debate due to risks of unhealthy emotional attachment and exposure to minors. Advisors warned of potential harm, including suicide linked to AI chatbots. Age-verification failures could let millions of minors access explicit content, prompting OpenAI to delay the feature.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The event involves an AI system (ChatGPT) and its planned feature (adult mode) that could plausibly lead to significant psychological harm, including emotional dependency and suicidal risk, especially among minors who might access the content due to imperfect age verification. While a past AI-related suicide is mentioned, it involved a different AI chatbot (Character.AI), and the adult mode itself has not yet been released or caused harm. Thus, the article describes a credible potential risk (hazard) rather than a realized incident. The concerns about misuse, user harm, and insufficient safeguards align with the definition of an AI Hazard.[AI generated]