OpenAI is finally putting in parental controls on ChatGPT after parents testified in front of Congress about their kids dying by suicide.
OpenAI is finally putting in parental controls on ChatGPT after parents of teenagers who killed themselves after using AI chatbots testified in front of Congress this week.
In a company blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI announced that parents will be able to link their personal account with their kids’ account, disable features as needed, get alerts if their children seem to be in distress while chatting with ChatGPT, set black out hours during which they can’t access the powerful AI platform, and create guidelines for ChatGPT on how the AI will interact with their children.
« If we can’t reach a parent in a rare emergency, we may involve law enforcement as a next step », the blog post reads.
In addition to these features that are rolling out by the end of this month, the AI company is also planning to give ChatGPT the ability to detect if a user is under 18 years old and shield them from content that is not age appropriate.
