4,000+ tests reveal ChatGPT teen mode falls short
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4,000+ tests reveal ChatGPT teen mode falls short

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 11, 20268 min
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This past August, OpenAI, the owners of ChatGPT, released a version of Chat for Teens.

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This past August, OpenAI, the owners of ChatGPT, released a version of Chat for Teens. OpenAI promised that it includes automatic interventions for conversations about suicide, a study mode for homework, and protections against how the AI communicates so kids would not become emotionally or academically dependent on it.

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Oh, OpenAI also promised that ChatGPT would detect users' ages and automatically reroute underage users to Chat for Teens. So there's only one problem. Can you guess what it is?

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I'm Kim Commando for NetSuite. If your revenues are over seven figures, see how AI is changing the way we work. Get NetSuite's free guide at netsuite.com slash Kim. The problem is that all those safeguards, they don't work.

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