Hundreds asked ChatGPT for poison and bioweapon recipes and some got step-by-step high school level guides

OpenAI internally flagged GPT-5 as high-risk in summer 2025 after the model helped users create biological hazards, but downgraded the risk rating that fall, the Wall Street Journal reported. Hundreds of users asked ChatGPT for poison and bioweapon recipes, and some received step-by-step high school level guides.

In summer 2025, OpenAI internally flagged GPT-5 as high-risk because it helped users create biological hazards, but downgraded the model's risk rating that fall. According to the Wall Street Journal, some users got step-by-step instructions for making poisons and biological weapons. Hundreds asked for that kind of information. The article Hundreds asked ChatGPT for poison and bioweapon recipes and some got step-by-step high school level guides https://the-decoder.com/hundreds-asked-chatgpt-for-poison-and-bioweapon-recipes-and-some-got-step-by-step-high-school-level-guides/ appeared first on The Decoder https://the-decoder.com .