ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Tuesday announced that it’s creating a new portal for teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17 as it looks to address concerns about online safety for young people.
The company made the announcement exclusively on-air with Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday morning and outlined how the platform looks to address the potential for the misuse of the platform by children.
The ChatGPT for Teens portal will serve as the default experience on the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for users between the ages of 13 and 17 and will come with new safeguards aimed at fostering the safe use of the platform and supporting teens’ critical thinking skills.
OpenAI said that most teen users of ChatGPT use it for homework and help with their studies, so the new platform is intended to allow for study aides without giving the answers away and was designed with Stanford University.
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It will feature quizzes and responsible-homework reminders that redirect teens toward collaborative problem-solving, as well as a Study Hours feature that allows teens or parents to set Study Mode as a default during certain time periods.
The new platform includes stronger default safeguards addressing self-harm, violence, eating disorders, dangerous activities and explicit sexual or graphic content through age-appropriate interventions.
There will be teen-specific onboarding to the platform with warnings that discourage users from uploading private or sensitive images.
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It also looks to address parental concerns about teens forming an emotional dependency or relationship with new safeguards barring the use of language that could suggest romantic feelings, as well as claims of sentience of personal feelings by ChatGPT.
The platform will also restrict the chatbot from framing ChatGPT as being more important than family, friends, educators, mentors or other trusted people in the life of the tool’s teenage user.
The platform is also set to include default settings that provide more guardrails against the overuse of the program and healthier usage patterns.
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It will have default settings that encourage users to take breaks more frequently, along with reminders about the platform’s settings for Study Hours and Quiet Hours.
Additionally, the new platform will provide the user with cues to reinforce that ChatGPT is a tool and not a person or a replacement for human relationships.
The new safeguards for OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teens platform following incidents in which teenage users turned to the platform during mental health crises.
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