Analytics: OpenAI safety head defends new 'ChatGPT for Teens' features

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"To use parental controls, both the teen user and their parent or guardian have to opt in." · 2 sources
"The idea is to guide teens toward healthy AI use in an age-appropriate environment, the company said." · 2 sources
"It also provides homework and study support designed to help students learn rather than spit out answers and school essays." · 2 sources
"If someone is identified or identifies themselves as a minor, they are automatically placed into the teen version of the chatbot." · 2 sources
"For homework help, OpenAI said the teen chatbot is designed not to give easy answers but to guide students to come up with answers on their own." · 2 sources
"This is similar to Meta's approach to teen accounts on Instagram, which have stricter content, chat and privacy restrictions than regular accounts." · 2 sources
"“We are adding additional notifications related to eating disorders, while limiting what is shared and focusing on moments when offline support may matter most,” OpenAI said." · 2 sources
"OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said that the company is trying to study “emotional overreliance” on the technology, describing it last year as a “really common thing” with young people." · 2 sources

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"ChatGPT for Teens includes a number of educational features and applies age-appropriate safeguards, OpenAI said." · CNBC
"The San Francisco-based company said ChatGPT for Teens, which launched Tuesday, is tailored for kids aged 13 to 17 with stronger protections including content restrictions around things like suicide, self-harm and romantic or sexual chats." · Chicago Sun-Times
"Parents, educators and child development experts have been sounding alarms over children's use of AI chatbots, which have been blamed for facilitating cheating on schoolwork and even suicide." · Chicago Sun-Times
"We tried to cheat on our homework using ChatGPT for Teens." · Business Insider
"Fiordaliso/Getty Images OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens, introducing new automated safeguards for teenage users." · Business Insider
"The company is ramping up its safety features amid growing legal scrutiny into the safety of its technology for young people." · Gizmodo
"It calls the new effort “an experience designed to help teens learn, think critically, deepen understanding, and use AI with confidence.” ChatGPT for Teens is enabled when OpenAI systems estimate a user is between 13 and 17 or if the user’s age is directly stated." · 9to5Mac
"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." · TechCrunch

OpenAI safety head defends new 'ChatGPT for Teens' features