OpenAI reported that over a million users engage with ChatGPT about suicidal thoughts each week, highlighting ongoing mental health concerns with AI interactions. The company is enhancing its models to better respond to users in distress, citing collaboration with mental health experts and improvements in the latest GPT-5 version. Despite these efforts, the prevalence of mental health issues among users remains a significant challenge.

James Price, born James Higginbotham, was an English chemist and alchemist known for his claims of transmuting mercury into gold and silver. His public demonstrations led to skepticism from the Royal Society, resulting in his tragic suicide by prussic acid when he failed to repeat his experiments before witnesses.