AI BriefingGPT-5 System Card Addendum: Sensitive Conversations
Key point
OpenAI has strengthened GPT-5's ability to respond to sensitive conversations in order to support users experiencing mental distress.
Details
When GPT-5 launched, OpenAI stated that it would build benchmarks to strengthen model safety related to mental and emotional distress. Accordingly, on October 3, it deployed an update improved to better recognize and support user distress.
For this update, OpenAI worked with 170+ mental health experts to improve ChatGPT's ability to more reliably recognize signs of distress, respond with empathy, and guide users toward real-world support. This reduced the rate of inadequate responses by 65-80%.
This addendum aims to share baseline safety evaluations between GPT-5 Instant (the August 15 version) and the model updated on October 3.
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