US EditionOpenAI rolls out age prediction technology for ChatGPT
OpenAI's new AI model estimates users' ages to automatically enable stricter safety filters for under-18s, with age verification available to correct errors, enhancing teen online protection.
- On January 20, 2026, OpenAI announced an age-prediction model for ChatGPT to identify users under 18 and apply tailored safeguards, rolling out now with the European Union following in coming weeks.
- After mounting legal and congressional pressure, OpenAI's age-prediction rollout follows a teen suicide lawsuit, a Senate subcommittee probe, and builds on the Teen Safety Blueprint amid advertising plans.
- The system looks at account and usage signals, examining behavioral and account-level signals to estimate under-18 users and applies extra protections, while users can verify age through Persona with a selfie or ID.
- OpenAI says the settings will reduce exposure to graphic violence, self-harm, role play, viral challenges, and extreme body ideals for the under-18 experience, aiding advertisers and prepping for 'adult mode'.
- Trials show age checks are imperfect, with Australia's Age Assurance Technology Trial finding 85% accuracy within 18 months, while Mozilla and critics warn of unresolved privacy and operational risks including mislabeling and account resale.
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OpenAI announced in the third (20) that ChatGPT will be used to estimate the age of children and adolescents who are already in service. The functionality, which is already in operation in Brazil, aims to block contact with minors with sensitive or potentially harmful content — the resource is part of the package of measures taken by the company following cases of suicide among adolescents supposedly stimulated by chatbot. The model of artificia…
OpenAI rolls out age prediction technology for ChatGPT
OpenAI said Tuesday that it’s rolling out age prediction technology for ChatGPT in the face of growing concerns about children’s safety when using AI chatbots. The technology aims to estimate whether an account likely belongs to someone under 18 years old in order to ensure teens are using a version of ChatGPT with additional protections.…
The movement comes at a time of increasing pressure on large artificial intelligence platforms and reopens an uncomfortable debate about privacy, control and responsibility.
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