OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens with safety limits, parental controls
OpenAI introduced ChatGPT for Teens, a dedicated mode for users aged 13-17 that automatically applies to those who identify as teens or are estimated to be under 18. The mode includes built-in protections, limits on high-risk topics like self-harm and eating disorders, parental controls, and studying tools, amid growing scrutiny of AI's impact on younger users.
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ChatGPT for Teens helps teens learn, think critically, and use AI with confidence, with stronger built-in protections, healthy-use features, and additional controls for parents.
The Verge AIRobert Hart
ChatGPT for Teens includes safeguards and parental controls. | Image: OpenAI OpenAI is introducing a dedicated ChatGPT mode for teenagers, combining existing youth safeguards and new safety features under one roof. The launch comes amid mounting public scrutiny over how AI tools affect younger users, as other platforms implement their own age checks and teen-specific protections. ChatGPT for Teens is "an experience designed to help teens learn, think critically, deepen understanding, and use AI with confidence," OpenAI said in a blog post published Tuesday. Teen mode will automatically apply to users who identify themselves as being between the ages of 13 and 17, as well as those the system estimates to be under 1 … Read the full story at The Verge.
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times : OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens, a new mode that limits high-risk chats around self-harm, eating disorders, and other topics, adds studying tools, and more — The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users.
TechCrunch AISarah Perez
ChatGPT for Teens adds age-appropriate safety measures, parental controls, and learning tools designed to steer teens away from harmful content — and from using AI to cheat on their homework.