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OpenAI says teen ChatGPT use limited but research finds it an 'unacceptable risk'.

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OpenAI says teen use of ChatGPT is limited, while separate research found the company's guardrails for teens often failed and called it an unacceptable risk.

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“The research found that important guardrails for teens using ChatGPT often failed.”
BBC Technology, 07 Oct 2026, 20:21.

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