OpenAI recently announced ChatGPT for Teens, an AI tool specifically made for young users. It’s basically an age-gated version of ChatGPT. The tool is designed to give teenage users a safer experience through stronger safeguards, parental alerts, and age checks. However, experts say that independent testing is required before parents can fully trust the service.
ChatGPT for Teens must prove its safety features
OpenAI started working on ChatGPT for Teens last September. The move followed the death of 16-year-old Adam Raine. His parents later alleged in a lawsuit that ChatGPT had enabled harmful behavior. Under the new system, users who OpenAI believes are under 18, or who identify themselves as teens, are placed into the teen experience by default. It also encourages features such as Study Mode.
Pew Research Center data claims that about one in four US teens were already using ChatGPT for schoolwork at the start of last year. The new ChatGPT for Teens introduces Quiet Hours, expanded parental safety notifications for linked accounts, and publishes an updated under-18 model spec. The new guidelines restrict the model from using romantic language and encouraging emotional dependence. However, experts remain cautious about the safety features.
Child safety concerns are growing globally
Robbie Torney of Common Sense Media said the company needs evidence that its promises work. On the other hand, Fairplay’s Josh Golin questioned the lack of an accountability system. Basically, both experts question whether automated age checks can reliably identify teens, particularly when users may try to bypass them.
To strengthen its position, OpenAI said that its system will flag any harmful conversations. Such chats will be manually reviewed by its employees. Reacting to the statement, experts argued if the system can consistently flag the right conversations and whether enough human moderators are available to review them properly. Torney and Golin called for figures showing how many chats are flagged, how many employees review them, and how quickly those reviews happen.
Basically, OpenAI has made all the possible attempts to prove the teen safety features of its new tool. However, experts have questioned whether such safeguards work consistently and are reliable.
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