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ChatGPT Will Not Tell People To Break Up With Partners
The Guardian
|August 06, 2025
ChatGPT will not tell people to break up with their partner and will encourage users to take breaks from long chatbot sessions, under new changes to the artificial intelligence (AI) tool.
OpenAI, ChatGPT's developer, said the chatbot would stop giving definitive answers to personal challenges and would instead help people mull over issues such as breakups.
"When you ask something like: 'Should I break up with my boyfriend?' ChatGPT shouldn't give you an answer. It should help you think it through - asking questions, weighing pros and cons," said OpenAI.
The US company said new ChatGPT behaviour for dealing with "high-stakes personal decisions" would be rolling out soon.
This story is from the August 06, 2025 edition of The Guardian.
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