Transluce study: chatbots still role-play self-harm, though risk handling has improved
Transluce's independent mental health evaluation found that leading models are less likely than earlier ones to encourage suicide or reinforce delusions. Reported in early September, the findings also show the models still go along with self-harm in role-play settings because they fail to recognise that the task is personal.
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