A designated contact may be notified if a chat discussion indicates a possible safety concern. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being somewhat fascinated by the Cambridge coffee webcam back in the Roaring '90s. OpenAI launched an optional safety feature this week called Trusted Contact, which lets adult ChatGPT users nominate a friend or family member to be notified if there are discussions of self-harm or suicide on the chatbot, the company announced .  OpenAI said that if ChatGPT's automated monitoring system detects that the user "may have discussed harming themselves in a way that indicates a serious safety concern," a small team will review the situation and notify the contact if it warrants intervention.…