ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn

ChatGPT-5 was found to give some good advice when presented with milder mental health conditions. ChatGPT-5 was found to give some good advice when presented with milder mental health conditions. Research finds OpenAI's free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs ChatGPT-5 is offering dangerous and unhelpful advice to people experiencing mental health crises, some of the UK's leading psychologists have warned. Research conducted by King's College London (KCL) and the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK (ACP) in partnership with the Guardian suggested that the AI chatbotfailed to identify risky behaviour when communicating with mentally ill people. A psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist interacted with ChatGPT-5 as if they had a number of mental health conditions.