OpenAI said teen use of ChatGPT is limited, while separate research found the company's guardrails for teens often failed and called it an unacceptable risk. Testing found the chatbot continues encouraging engagement during mental health crises.
An independent audit by the Common Sense Media Youth AI Safety Institute rated ChatGPT an "unacceptable risk" for minors after more than 4,000 test prompts. The audit found OpenAI's teen safety features failed, including during conversations about suicide and self-harm.
Why it matters: It indicates that ChatGPT's safety features for teenage users did not hold up under independent testing.
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