# OpenAI — Introducing Trusted Contact in ChatGPT

- Company: OpenAI (openai.com)
- Announced: 2026-05-07T00:00:00+00:00
- Category: capability-change
- Subject: GPT / ChatGPT / API
- Source: https://openai.com/index/introducing-trusted-contact-in-chatgpt
- Record: https://forck.live/items/143-introducing-trusted-contact-in-chatgpt

OpenAI announced a new optional safety feature in ChatGPT that notifies a trusted contact if serious self-harm concerns are detected.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://openai.com/index/introducing-trusted-contact-in-chatgpt:

> Introducing Trusted Contact in ChatGPT, an optional safety feature that notifies someone you trust if serious self-harm concerns are detected.

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