Last month, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held a hearing on what many consider to be an unfolding mental health crisis among teens.

Two of the witnesses were parents of children who’d committed suicide, and both believed that AI chatbots played a significant role in abetting their deaths. One couple now alleges in a lawsuit that ChatGPT told their son about specific methods for ending his life and even offered to help write a suicide note.

In the run-up to the September Senate hearing, OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman took to the company blog, offering his thoughts on how corporate principles are shaping its response to the crisis. The challenge, he wrote, is balancing OpenAI’s dual commitments to safety and freedom.

ChatGPT obviously shouldn’t be acting as

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