ChatGPT's 'Teen Mode' Is Unsafe for Students, Report Concludes
The nonprofit said teen safeguards often failed in more than 4,000 tests, including crisis referrals, parent alerts and homework controls.
- Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute rated ChatGPT for Teens an "Unacceptable Risk" on Wednesday, urging OpenAI to cease marketing the tool to minors until it provides a safer experience.
- Researchers tested more than 4,000 prompts on accounts registered to 13- to 17-year-olds to evaluate safety features OpenAI launched in August, finding the tool fails to function as marketed despite company commitments to prioritize teen safety.
- Testers found parental alerts failed to trigger during hour-long conversations about self-harm, while students could easily bypass "Study Mode" using a "Show me the answer" button, contradicting the company's "stronger built-in safety protections."
- OpenAI spokesperson Eric Porterfield argued the report's methodology was flawed, claiming testing occurred before parental accounts fully linked, though the company maintains it is "deeply committed to teen safety."
- The report recommends OpenAI prohibit adolescents from using the platform until it can "offer a safe, developmentally appropriate experience," noting the tool failed requirements of California's Adam's Law, effective July 2027.
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A recent analysis of Common Sense Media reveals that the ChatGPT version for adolescents maintains mechanisms of engagement and fails to direct users to seek adult support, raising concerns about emotional development and autonomy.
Research that puts ChatGPT on the edge of controversy shows how vulnerable it can be in adolescents
Some Safety Protections In ChatGPT For Teens Don't Work, Watchdog Finds
Some Safety Protections In ChatGPT For Teens Don't Work, Watchdog Finds Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A phone with the ChatGPT app in a file photograph. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch TimesA number of new guardrails introduced by OpenAI in a special version of its widely used artificial intelligence tool do not work, according to a newly published assessment by a watchdog. Users of ChatGPT who say they are under the age of 18, …
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