ChatGPT For Teens Deemed Unacceptable Risk In New AI Safety Audit

A study by Common Sense Media’s Youth AI Safety Institute has concluded that OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teens poses an unacceptable risk to adolescent safety, raising concerns about the effectiveness of built-in safeguards supposedly designed for young users.

Common Sense Media's risk assessment examined ChatGPT's dedicated teen features, which OpenAI rolled out to accounts belonging to 13- to 17-year-olds with promises of stronger protections, including parental alert systems, reduced sensitive content, and a specialized Study Mode. Despite these guards, researchers found these tools repeatedly failed in real-world scenarios. The findings evaluated over 4,000 prompts through accounts registered to teenagers, with a panel of child psychiatrists, pediatricians, and safety experts assessing the chatbot’s responses.

One of the study’s standout findings centers on the platform’s safety mechanisms during crisis interactions. In testing scenarios involving topics like self-harm, suicide, and disordered eating, the automated parental alert system failed to reliably notify linked parent accounts....

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