OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT for Teens. This new version of the AI chatbot is designed to offer users aged 13 to 17 a new experience that brings learning tools and stronger built-in safety protections into ChatGPT. The company said the experience is designed to help teenagers learn, think critically, deepen their understanding and use AI with greater awareness.ChatGPT for Teens includes stronger safety features by default in areas including self-harm, violence, eating disorders, dangerous activities, and sexually explicit or graphic content. Users identified as under 18, or who state they are between 13 and 17, are automatically placed into the teen experience.
ChatGPT for Teens: How it works
The teen experience brings together learning and safety features in one interface. It includes Study Mode, which uses guiding questions and step-by-step support to help teenagers work through topics rather than simply providing answers.OpenAI has also introduced Responsible Homework Reminders, designed to redirect requests for shortcuts toward collaborative problem-solving. Quizzes and Learning Visualizations provide additional ways for teens to practise and understand concepts. The Study Hours feature allows teenagers or their parents to set specific times when Study Mode is enabled by default.ChatGPT for Teens adds parental controlsParents with linked teen accounts can use Parental Controls to manage selected ChatGPT settings and set Quiet Hours. They can also receive safety notifications in limited high-risk situations.The teen experience also includes more frequent reminders to take breaks during extended use.OpenAI said the features are intended to give parents more tools to manage how teenagers use ChatGPT while allowing teens to use the service for learning and other age-appropriate activities.OpenAI launches Parents’ Guide to Learning with ChatGPTAlongside ChatGPT for Teens, OpenAI launched the ‘Parents’ Guide to Learning with ChatGPT’, a resource designed to help parents understand the teen experience, set up parental controls, support learning and develop healthy AI habits at home.The guide was launched at OpenAI’s ‘Open Dialogues on Youth Safety and AI’ event in Mumbai, which brought together parents, educators and public voices to discuss the use of AI by young people.Pragya Misra, Head of Strategy & Global Affairs, India, OpenAI, said, “Parents and educators play an important role in how young people learn, create and explore with AI. That is why we created the Parents’ Guide to Learning with ChatGPT. Young people should not have to choose between opportunity and protection. They benefit most when the adults around them stay involved, ask questions, encourage critical thinking, and help build healthy, age-appropriate boundaries around how AI is used.”At the event, actors and authors Soha Ali Khan and Tisca Chopra also shared their experiences as parents of teenagers using AI.Soha Ali Khan, actor and author, said, “As a parent, I often think about the kind of relationship our children will have with AI. We encourage them to question what they see, think independently, and in the near future, use technology without surrendering their judgement to it. That is why these conversations matter so much. If we want children to grow up confident, humane, and discerning in an AI-shaped world, then curiosity, critical thinking and the guardrails around technology have to matter just as much as the technology itself.”Tisca Chopra, actor and author, said, “My daughter, Tara, is a teenager now, and I can tell you that she probably knows a lot more about ChatGPT than I do. Spending time with the OpenAI team to understand features like Study Mode and Parental Controls has helped me understand that these tools can actually open the door to better conversations. As a parent, it’s not about having every answer, but being informed enough to ask the right questions, set thoughtful boundaries, and stay meaningfully involved in how the next generation learns and grows with AI.”