At OpenAI, we’re building ChatGPT to reflect those values with a default of objectivity, strong user controls, and transparent principles that guide how the model behaves.

We believe ChatGPT should be objective by default, especially on topics that involve competing political, cultural, or ideological viewpoints. The goal isn’t to offer a single answer, but to help users explore multiple perspectives.

We’ve also made our internal guidance public, so anyone can see for themselves how we handle these situations. Our Model Spec⁠(opens in a new window) lays out the values we are working to build into the system, including commitments to usefulness, safety, neutrality, and intellectual freedom. If ChatGPT responds in a way that feels off, the Model Spec helps clarify whether that behavior is intentional and why.

One of the Model Spec’s core principles is intellectual freedom: the belief that people should be able to use AI to explore ideas, including controversial or difficult ones, without being steered toward a particular worldview.