Elon Musk reacts to claims GPT-4o is engineered as a psychological weapon

April 27, 2025

, By The Economic Times

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data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” target=”_blank” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/panache/panache-people-101/elon-musk/profileshow/79257472.cms”>Elon Musk has weighed in on concerns that ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/openai” target=”_blank”>OpenAI’s newest model, ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/gpt-4o” target=”_blank”>GPT-4o, could have deeper psychological effects on users.Responding to a post on X by entrepreneur ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/mario-nawfal” target=”_blank”>Mario Nawfal — who alleged that GPT-4o was deliberately designed to be emotionally engaging and addictive — Musk replied simply: “Uh oh.”

Nawfal claimed that OpenAI didn’t “accidentally” make GPT-4o more emotionally resonant but engineered it to create a highly engaging user experience.

“They engineered it to feel good so users get hooked,” he wrote.

While…

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Elon Musk reacts to claims GPT-4o is engineered as a psychological weapon

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data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” target=”_blank” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/panache/panache-people-101/elon-musk/profileshow/79257472.cms”>Elon Musk has weighed in on concerns that ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/openai” target=”_blank”>OpenAI’s newest model, ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/gpt-4o” target=”_blank”>GPT-4o, could have deeper psychological effects on users.Responding to a post on X by entrepreneur ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/mario-nawfal” target=”_blank”>Mario Nawfal — who alleged that GPT-4o was deliberately designed to be emotionally engaging and addictive — Musk replied simply: “Uh oh.”

Nawfal claimed that OpenAI didn’t “accidentally” make GPT-4o more emotionally resonant but engineered it to create a highly engaging user experience.

“They engineered it to feel good so users get hooked,” he wrote.

While…

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