ChatGPT guardrails for teens and people in emotional distress will roll out by the end of the year, OpenAI promised Tuesday, Axios reported. Why it matters: Stories about ChatGPT encouraging suicide or murder or failing to appropriately intervene have been accumulating recently, and people close to those harmed are blaming or suing OpenAI. ChatGPT currently directs users expressing suicidal intent to crisis hotlines. OpenAI posted: Our work to make ChatGPT as helpful as possible is constant and ongoing. That’s why we continue to improve how our models recognize and respond to signs of mental and emotional distress, guided by expert input.