OpenAI is telling companies that “relationship building” with AI has limits. Emotional dependence on ChatGPT is considered a safety risk, with new guardrails in place.

• OpenAI says it has added “emotional reliance on AI” as a safety risk.
• The new system is trained to discourage exclusive attachment to ChatGPT.
• Clinicians helped define what “unhealthy attachment” looks like and how ChatGPT should respond.