OpenAI Says It’s YOUR FAULT!

which is just what you want to hear if your child takes the wrong advice from ChatGPT

OpenAI has 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆 updated its Usage Policies, adding a new clause that prohibits:

“Provision of tailored advice that requires a license, such as legal or medical advice, without appropriate involvement by a licensed professional.”

— OpenAI Usage Policies, November 2025

At first glance, it looks like progress OpenAI doing something good. But look closer. The model hasn’t changed. ChatGPT still produces medical and legal advice, and it still gets much of it wrong.

Where does the risk sit?

OpenAI has effectively redefined responsibility.

It hasn’t limited what the model says only who can be blamed for listening.

𝗡𝗼𝘄, 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘁, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁.

If you follow its advice without consulting a licensed professional, you’ve breached the terms. The liability becomes yours, not OpenAI’s.

This is not a safeguard. It’s a disclaimer. It’s horrible

A single line that converts systemic risk into individual negligence.

It is a familiar legal manoeuvre: when systems cannot be made safe, make users responsible for using them unsafely.

The policy doesn’t stop ChatGPT from producing potentially harmful output. It simply limits who can claim to be harmed by it.