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

Elon Musk has weighed in on concerns that OpenAI’s newest model, GPT-4o, could have deeper psychological effects on users.Responding to a post on X by entrepreneur 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…