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Startup Misled Research Participants about GPT-3 Use in Mental Healthcare Support

OpenAI's GPT-3 was deployed by a mental health startup without ethical review to support peer-to-peer mental healthcare, and whose interactions with the help providers were "deceiving" for research participants.

Severity: HighOverreliance and unsafe use

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