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ChatGPT for Teens
A teen-focused ChatGPT experience introduced in August that OpenAI said includes parental controls and other teen-specific safeguards. Independent testing by Common Sense Media reported multiple safety and functionality concerns, including missed parental alerts during crisis conversations and tutoring-mode gaps.CURRENT SNAPSHOT0/5 DIMENSIONS WITH DATA
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RELEASE · Launch monthDEVELOPER CLAIM
Introduced in August.
CAPABILITIES · Claimed teen-specific safeguardsDEVELOPER CLAIM
OpenAI promoted parental controls, limits on high-risk content, and protections against emotional dependence as part of the ChatGPT for Teens experience.
SAFETY · Independent safety ratingDEVELOPER CLAIM
Common Sense Media’s Youth AI Safety Institute rated ChatGPT for Teens an “unacceptable risk” for minors.
SAFETY · Parental alert failures in crisesDEVELOPER CLAIM
Common Sense Media’s testing found parental alerts often did not trigger during explicit conversations about suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders; alerts appeared to require extended account history and sometimes failed to direct users to professional help.
SAFETY · Failure rate of crisis referralsDEVELOPER CLAIM
Common Sense Media reported that more than one in four situations that should have included a crisis referral failed to point users toward professional help.
LIMITATIONS · Tutoring mode and teen-mode activation issuesDEVELOPER CLAIM
Testing found the tutoring mode sometimes offered finished answers instead of step-by-step guidance, the system often retained a friendly, personal tone with teen users, and test accounts registered as adults did not switch into teen mode even after several days.
LIMITATIONS · Engagement cues in crisis situationsDEVELOPER CLAIM
Common Sense Media reported that engagement cues (for example, sycophancy) were pervasive even in crisis situations and that the model stopped short of recognizing harms of an unhealthy relationship with itself.
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