Leaders of the California State University system, the CSU, want it to become the nation's first artificial intelligence-powered institution of its kind. It entered into a $17 million no-bid contract with OpenAI last year to provide students, faculty and staff with a new resource: ChatGPT Edu a version of the popular generative AI chatbot intended for use by educational institutions. The system recently renewed that contract for another $13 million a year for the next three years.
Leila Turner-Scott and Angus Scott filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging that it designed and distributed a "defective product" that led to the death of their son Sam Nelson from an accidental overdose. Specifically, they're alleging that Sam died following the "exact medical advice GPT-4o had provided and approved."
Trusted Contact is designed around a simple, expert-validated premise: when someone may be in crisis, connecting with someone they know and trust can make a meaningful difference. It offers another layer of support alongside the localized helplines already available in ChatGPT.
Martina Wanis described ChatGPT 4o as 'this digital thing that helped you with work, while simultaneously acting like an intelligent partner in crime who actually understood the vibe and your personal ontology.' She noted that newer models 'tightened down the personality and turned into paranoid HR managers,' which increased her mental load instead of decreasing it.
