OpenAI has formed a council to help it define and monitor “what healthy interactions with AI [artificial intelligence] should look like.” The Expert Council on Well-Being and AI is composed of eight researchers and experts focused on how technology affects mental health. OpenAI has consulted with many of these experts in the past, as when the company was developing parental controls and notification language for parents whose teen may be in distress. Moving forward, the council will monitor the company’s approach and will explore topics like how AI should behave in sensitive situations, what kinds of guardrails can support people using ChatGPT, and how ChatGPT can have a positive impact on people’s lives. “Alongside the Expert Council on Well-Being and AI advising on our broader approach to well-being, we’re also working with a multidisciplinary subset of mental health clinicians and researchers within the Global Physician Network to shape our model behavior and policies, and to test how ChatGPT responds in real-world situations. This work spans psychiatry, psychology, pediatrics, and crisis intervention, helping ensure our systems are grounded in clinical understanding and best practices,” the company said.