Harmful, abusive interactions plague AI chatbots. Researchers have found that AI companions like Character.AI, Nomi, and Replika are unsafe for teens under 18, ChatGPT has the potential to reinforce users’ delusional thinking,

Anthropic has introduced a new feature in its Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 models that allows the AI to choose to end certain conversations. According to the company, this only happens in particularly serious or concerning situations.

Users can still start new conversations or continue a previous one by editing their replies. The purpose of the feature is not to protect users; it’s to the model itself. While Anthropic emphasizes it does not consider Claude to be sentient,