ChatGPT now reminds you when it’s time for a break

OpenAI has introduced a new feature in ChatGPT that prompts users to take breaks during longer conversations. The reminders appear as pop-up messages like: “You’ve been chatting for a while — is it time for a break?”

Users can still dismiss the reminder and continue the conversation. OpenAI says that in the future, ChatGPT will also become better at handling sensitive topics and avoid giving direct answers to big personal decisions. Instead, the AI will help users reflect on different options.

Earlier this year, The New York Times reported that ChatGPT’s helpful and affirming style could lead to problems in some cases, especially when people with mental health challenges found the chatbot encouraging them, even when their thoughts were destructive.

In April, OpenAI announced that it had decided to make the AI less approachable because being too approachable was having the opposite effect.