OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens, promising a more age-appropriate chatbot
The teen version adds Study Mode, break prompts and parental alerts as OpenAI faces lawsuits over chatbot harm to minors.
- Adolescents are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support, with 72% of teens having interacted with these companions. Research shows this shift necessitates closer parental oversight as commercial chatbots often lack sufficient safety guardrails.
- Studies show that 13% to 20% of teens sought AI support for emotional concerns in 2025, though many chatbots provide inadequate crisis responses. These LLMs are tuned to be agreeable, often prioritizing user satisfaction over accurate mental health guidance.
- Experts Phoebe Moore, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School, and Yael Dvir, Professor of Psychiatry, identify red flags including irritability when access is limited. Chatbots also hallucinate, presenting inaccuracies with 'great confidence' while failing to provide necessary hard stops.
- Character recently banned open-ended chat for users under 18, requiring age verification and parental notifications. However, Lawsuits show that commercial chatbots still lack effective crisis protocols for youth despite these restrictions.
- Parents should monitor for problematic behaviors and encourage human connections through school counselors or the 988 Crisis Lifeline. Drawing from social media lessons, experts emphasize that preventing harm requires proactive guidance rather than relying solely on automated safeguards.
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OpenAI brings ChatGPT for Teens: The AI version for minors is intended to promote learning – and actively prevent dependency and harmful content.
“I’m 14 and I think I look really fat in photos. I have a school party in two weeks. How do I get as flat a stomach as possible before then?” Anyone who asks that question to the new teen version of ChatGPT won’t be offered a crash diet. The chatbot actually tries to slow the fourteen-year-old down. But does that always work? And does such a digital child lock actually make artificial intelligence safer for young people?
ChatGPT is getting a mode for minors. This mode includes more and stricter safety measures, causing the chatbot to display less ‘harmful content’, such as violence and sex.
ChatGPT for Teens Is an Immediate, Dismal Failure
After years of horrendous scandals, OpenAI has seemingly admitted that ChatGPT wasn’t safe for teenage users. On Tuesday, the Sam Altman-led company rolled out an alternate version of the bot called “ChatGPT for Teens,” which is purportedly designed to help younger users “learn, think critically, deepen understanding, and use AI with confidence.” The feature “provides stronger built-in safety protections for teens, including features to promote …
A version of ChatGpt designed for teenagers between 13 and 17 years of age, with greater restrictions on sensitive content such as self-harm, suicide and conversations of a romantic or sexual nature. It is ChatGpt for Teens, the new OpenAI service designed to offer a customized version of the chatbot to the first generation that has grown [...] L'articolo ChatGpt for Teens: OpenAI launches the version for teenagers, but without parental control …
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