SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. (WZMQ) \u2013 Open-ai is rolling out a new \u201cChatGPT for teens, an experience that it says will provide additional safety protections for teenagers. The move comes as OpenAI faces a string of lawsuits alleging that inappropriate conversations with ChatGPT contributed to the harm or deaths of young people \u2014 allegations OpenAI denies.<\/p>\n
Here now is what parents need to know about the new features and how to monitor your teens\u2019 AI activity.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur safety work is never done,\u201d said OpenAI head of Youth Wellbeing and Families<\/p>\n
Artificial intelligence chatbots can respond to any type of question, so it\u2019s no wonder 70% of kids 13-17 say they are using AI tools to help with homework\u2013 according to a recent survey from Common Sense Media. So how can parents ensure their kids are using it safely?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal is for this to be a learning tool for teens,\u201d said Jonas.<\/p>\n
Laura Jonas is the head of youth well-being and families at OpenAI\u2014the company behind ChatGPT. OpenAI recently rolled out its new \u201cChatGPT for teens\u201d feature aimed at keeping teens safe. Users who identify at sign-up that they are under 18 will be automatically placed into the protective settings.<\/p>\n
When it comes to AI sites, ChatGPT is the most popular among teens, with more than half saying they\u2019ve used it, according to a Pew Research Center study published in December.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is 24\/7, 365, a continuous effort to make sure we\u2019re getting teens the support that they need in the moment that they need it.\u201d Said Jonas.<\/p>\n
The new features include things like suggestions for minors to take breaks after they\u2019ve been active for 90 minutes within a three-hour window.<\/p>\n
Parents and teens can set \u201cQuiet hours\u201d where ChatGPT is unavailable.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s also a \u201cStudy hours\u201d mode that gives directions, not fast answers.<\/p>\n
OpenAI has faced scrutiny over concerns that ChatGPT can harm young people, including lawsuits from families who allege that ChatGPT contributed to their child\u2019s suicide. The company has pushed back on these allegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. (WZMQ) \u2013 Open-ai is rolling out a new \u201cChatGPT for teens, an experience that it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[23122,580,23124,72121,8872,157,56201,23127],"class_list":["post-150136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-openai","tag-19-news","tag-chatgpt","tag-john-truitt","tag-laura-jonas","tag-open-ai","tag-openai","tag-teen-safety","tag-wzmq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}