ChatGPT Launches a Version of Its Model for Teens

OpenAI announced Tuesday that it’s launching a version of ChatGPT intended for teenagers, amid concerns about how younger people interact with generative AI tools.

Users between the ages of 13 and 17 will automatically use the teen-specific version, which will feature parental controls, stronger safeguards and notifications prompting them to take breaks. Many AI companies, including Google, allow people aged 13 or older to use their chatbots, while Anthropic requires users to be 18 or older.

OpenAI says it created ChatGPT for Teens with four guidelines in mind: “put teen safety first, encourage real-world support, treat teens like teens and be transparent about how our systems should behave.”

Makers of AI chatbots have faced widespread questions and criticism over a lack of guardrails in their products, which many people use every day.

The protections now being folded into chatbots are similar to those built into Instagram teen accounts.

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