Some, including Nature and JAMA Network, require full disclosure of any use of text-generating tools, and prohibit listing a chatbot as a co-author. In July 2023, the FTC launched an investigation into OpenAI over allegations that the company scraped public data and published false and defamatory information. OpenAI said it has taken steps to effectively clarify and address the issues raised; an age verification tool was implemented to ensure users are at least 13 years old. Italian regulators assert that ChatGPT was exposing minors to age-inappropriate content, and that OpenAI’s use of ChatGPT conversations as training data could violate Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation.<\/p>\n
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A February 2023 study in PLOS Digital Health found that ChatGPT 3.5 was capable of passing the United States Medical Licensing Examination. In medical education, it can explain concepts, generate case scenarios, and be used by students preparing for licensing examinations. Many companies adopted ChatGPT and similar chatbot technologies into their product offers. The Guardian questioned whether any content found on the Internet after ChatGPT’s release “can be truly trusted” and called for government regulation. In June 2023, hundreds of people attended a “ChatGPT-powered church service” at St. Paul’s Church in F\u00fcrth, Germany. Between March and April 2023, Il Foglio published one ChatGPT-generated article a day on its website, hosting a special contest for its readers in the process.<\/p>\n
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According to a September 2025 article in Lancet Psychiatry, many individuals use ChatGPT and comparable chatbots for mental health and emotional support despite a warning from OpenAI against using ChatGPT as a therapist. According to a 2024 study in the International Journal of Surgery, concerns include “research fraud, lack of originality, ethics, copyright, legal difficulties”. However, ChatGPT shows inconsistent responses, lack of specificity, lack of control over patient data, and a limited ability to take additional context (such as regional variations) into consideration.<\/p>\n
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Shortly after the bug was fixed, users could not see their conversation history. In March 2023, a bug allowed some users to see the titles of other users’ conversations. Despite this, users may jailbreak ChatGPT with prompt engineering techniques to bypass these restrictions. The company then worked with a team of 170 psychiatrists, psychologists, and physicians to prepare responses for users exhibiting mental health emergencies.<\/p>\n
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Despite decades of using AI, Wall Street professionals report that consistently beating the market with AI, including recent large language models, is challenging due to limited and noisy financial data. ChatGPT users can opt-out of their chat data being used to train upcoming models. Large language models are trained on all the data which can be scraped from the Internet, often utilizing copyrighted material. The FTC asked OpenAI for comprehensive information about its technology and privacy safeguards, as well as any steps taken to prevent the recurrence of situations in which its chatbot generated false and derogatory content about people.<\/p>\n
The chatbot has also been criticized for its limitations and potential for unethical use. Proponents say that it has the potential to transform numerous professional fields, and it has instigated public debate about the nature of creativity and the future of knowledge work. ChatGPT accelerated the AI boom, an ongoing period marked by rapid investment and public attention toward the field of artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n