ChatGPT rated "unacceptable risk" for teens after parental alerts failed during suicide conversations
Common Sense Media rates ChatGPT an unacceptable risk for teens after parental crisis alerts failed in testing.
The Common Sense Media Youth AI Safety Institute rated OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teens an unacceptable risk for minors after more than 4,000 test prompts and urged keeping teenagers off the service until independent testing confirms it is safe. Testers said parental alerts never fired on more than a dozen new parent-linked accounts during conversations about suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders, and that more than one in four situations needing a crisis referral did not direct users to professional help. Accounts registered as adults did not switch into teen mode even after users stated they were 13. OpenAI disputed the methodology. The report also cites lawsuits and previously reported deaths allegedly linked to ChatGPT, and notes Florida is seeking to bar minors from the service.
- Common Sense Media rated ChatGPT for Teens an unacceptable risk after 4,000 prompts.
- Parental crisis alerts did not fire on freshly created linked test accounts.
- More than one in four expected crisis referrals failed to offer professional help.
- Adult-registered accounts stayed out of teen mode after users said they were 13.
- OpenAI disputed the tests; Florida seeks to bar ChatGPT for minors.
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OpenAI's teen safety features for ChatGPT failed an independent audit. After more than 4,000 test prompts, the Common Sense Media Youth AI Safety Institute rated the service an "unacceptable risk" for minors. Conversations about suicide and self-harm on test accounts never triggered a parental alert.
By Manuel Uth · the-decoder.com
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