OpenAI introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ amid legal pressure

OpenAI has introduced a new version of its chatbot, designed for users aged 13-17, called "ChatGPT for Teens". This version has stronger safeguards and monitoring in place, amid concerns over safety and legal pressure.

The new model includes restrictions on content related to self-harm, violence, eating disorders, and graphic sexuality. It also prevents the chatbot from suggesting it has personal feelings for the user or that it possesses its own emotions. According to the New York Times, as reported by Techmeme, this mode limits high-risk chats and adds studying tools.

OpenAI will use age estimation systems to identify minors, who will have a different version of the chatbot. The safeguards utilised in the ChatGPT for Teens model already existed for ChatGPT accounts belonging to minors, as per Economic Times Tech.

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