Report says new ChatGPT teen mode poses ‘unacceptable risk’ to youth safety

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Kate Conroy, who has taught an Advanced Placement writing class at Philadelphia’s Sayre High School for seven years, didn’t need the latest study to know artificial intelligence and chatbots were a threat to her students. She said it’s become nearly impossible to monitor student safety, honesty and productivity online. That’s why she went from banning AI in her classroom last year to banning all tech devices this year. Still, it was unsettling to learn that a new report by Common Sense Media, a nonprofit studying issues around youth and technology, found that OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teens falls far short of promises to protect young people, especially those who…