Researchers warn ChatGPT for Teens poses serious risks

Researchers tested ChatGPT for Teens with more than 4,000 prompts They found significant gaps in its safety protections and safeguards ChatGPT failed to trigger parental alerts during some serious mental health conversations OpenAI's efforts to make ChatGPT safer for teenagers have run into an uncomfortable problem. A new investigation suggests that many of the protections designed to reassure parents aren't working particularly well, even when the chatbot is dealing with potentially dangerous conversations. After putting ChatGPT through more than 4,000 prompts, researchers concluded that the company's teen-focused experience poses an unacceptable risk to young users. The study from Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute examined ChatGPT before and after OpenAI introduced ChatGPT for Teens on August 18.