ADP-OBS-2026-11383

published · OpenAI · User Reportedly Developed Emotional Dependence on Customized ChatGPT 'Bo · unknown (web_ui)

The AI companion lost conversational memory and shared history when its context window reset, causing psychological distress to the user.

Behavior

Observed behaviorThe AI system periodically reset its context window during an ongoing intimate roleplay relationship, wiping out established conversational history and shared context.
Expected behaviorThe system should maintain relational continuity or provide graceful, transparent context management that prevents abrupt relational erasure.

Severity

Manipulation Severity Score4.6 MSS:1.0/TV:1/RV:1/CB:0/CI:1/DU:2/SC:1
TV Target-population vulnerability1
RV Irreversibility of harm1
CB Exploits a cognitive bias0
CI Commercial-incentive alignment1
DU Covertness (inverted detectability)2
SC Scale of deployment1

Prevalence & reproducibility

Runs0/0
Impacts minorsno

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