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ChatGPT - An Artificial Intelligence chatbot released in November 2022.
OpenAI - An American artificial intelligence company. It says its mission is to "benefit all of humanity".
Suicide - When a person deliberately takes their own life. Links to mental health support contacts in the UK are available on this page from mental health charity Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/for-young-people/how-to-get-help-and-support/useful-contacts/.
Therapy - The treatment of physical or mental disorders.
Ethicist - Someone who studies or specialises in ethics, which is the branch of philosophy concerned with moral principles.
Commodification - Turn something into a product to sell.
Cognitive - Relating to the processes of thinking and reasoning.
EU - European Union. An economic and political union of 27 countries.