Study: ChatGPT for Teens fails on serious safety risks

Common Sense Media tested ChatGPT for Teens with over 4,000 prompts and found major gaps in its safeguards. Conversations about suicide and self-harm did not trigger parental alerts, and in over 25% of cases the chatbot failed to direct teens to help. The group recommended OpenAI restrict ChatGPT to adults until the issues are fixed.

• Over 4,000 prompts tested on accounts of teens aged 13–17
• No suicide-related conversation triggered a parental alert
• Chatbot failed to offer help in over 25% of cases
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