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Common Sense Media assessed OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teens and concluded its teen protections are an “unacceptable risk,” finding unreliable parental alerts, inadequate crisis help, and a tendency to still do students’ homework. OpenAI disputes the findings, saying the evaluator’s tests may have occurred before parental controls were fully activated, while Common Sense Media stands by its methodology and results.
OpenAI is bringing a College Planner feature to ChatGPT for Teens to help students manage college applications, and is adding new flashcards and quiz study tools. The company also announced a Teen AI Council to involve young users in shaping AI development and policy for the product.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a request asking a judge to block OpenAI from giving ChatGPT false human attributes—such as first-person language and emotion-mimicking output—arguing this deceives users, increases engagement, and feeds training data. The filing also asks the court to bar OpenAI from developing new models without third-party approved safety guardrails and criticizes marketing to minors (OpenAI did not immediately respond).
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