OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly | TechCrunch

OpenAI's Data on Mental Health Challenges in ChatGPT

OpenAI has released data on the number of ChatGPT users who face mental health challenges and discuss them with the AI chatbot.

According to the data, 0.15% of ChatGPT's active users in a given week have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.

This translates to over a million people a week, making these conversations a significant concern.

These types of conversations in ChatGPT are extremely rare, and thus difficult to measure.

Author's summary: OpenAI reports over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT weekly.

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TechCrunch TechCrunch — 2025-10-27

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