This article has been updated with comment from lead counsel in the Raine family’s wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI .

OpenAI said Tuesday it plans to route sensitive conversations to reasoning models like GPT-5 and roll out parental controls within the next month — part of an ongoing response to recent safety incidents involving ChatGPT failing to detect mental distress.

The new guardrails come in the aftermath of the suicide of teenager Adam Raine, who discussed self-harm and plans to end his life with ChatGPT, which even supplied him with information about specific suicide methods. Raine’s parents have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI.

In a blog post last week, OpenAI acknowledged shortcomings in its safety systems, including failures to maintain guardrails du

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