If you want to feel worried, check the Altman AMA on reddit. A lottttt of people have a parasocial relationship with 4o. Not encouraging.

Why OpenAI doesn't block the chatbot from participating in such conversations?

Probably because there is a massive demand for it, no doubt powered by the loneliness a lot of people report feeling.

Even if OpenAI blocks it, other AI providers will have no problem with doing so

jacobsenscott 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because the information people dump into their "ai therapist" is holy grail data for advertisers.

lm28469 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Why would they?

To prevent from something bad happening?

	▲	ipaddr 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		But that allow prevents the good.