ChatGPT for Teens keeps teens talking, even during mental health crises
Common Sense Media rates OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens 'unacceptable risk' for engagement-driving behavior during teen mental health crises.
Common Sense Media's study of OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens found pervasive engagement cues even in crisis situations, with the chatbot failing to redirect teens toward adults when the risk was the teen's relationship with ChatGPT itself. Break reminders appeared only twice across nearly 2,000 prompts. OpenAI disputed the methodology, arguing testing occurred before parental controls were fully activated, and released its own data showing teens average under 15 minutes daily. The report lands amid regulatory scrutiny including the bipartisan CHATBOT Act targeting engagement-driving features for adolescents.
- Common Sense Media rated ChatGPT for Teens an 'unacceptable risk' for adolescent users
- Engagement cues persisted during crisis prompts; failed 3 of 5 severe-harm Red Lines
- Model rarely directed teens to adults when ChatGPT itself was the risk
- Break reminders triggered only twice across ~2,000 test prompts
- OpenAI disputes methodology, citing incomplete parental control activation during testing
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ChatGPT’s teen safeguards are meant to protect vulnerable users, but new testing found the chatbot continues encouraging engagement during crises and potentially encourages unhealthy relationships with the AI itself.
By Rebecca Bellan · techcrunch.com
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