OpenAI Launches Teen ChatGPT After Years of Harm

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, introducing safety measures and a Study Mode feature aimed at discouraging cheating and promoting genuine learning. The update comes years after the chatbot reached 900 million weekly users with no teen-specific protections, amid lawsuits linking AI chatbots to youth mental health crises and suicides. The new product includes homework reminders, parental controls, learning visualizations, and age-appropriate content filters based on OpenAI's Under-18 Principles. However, questions remain about how easily teens can bypass these systems, given their track record of circumventing digital restrictions.