ChatGPT to add parental controls for teen users within the next month

OpenAI says parents will soon have more oversight over what their teenagers are doing on ChatGPT

OpenAI says parents will soon have more oversight over what their teenagers are doing on ChatGPT.

In a blog post published on Tuesday, the artificial intelligence company expanded on its plans have ChatGPT intervene earlier and in a wider range of situations when it detects users' potential mental health crises that may lead to harm.

The company’s announcement comes a week after OpenAI was hit with its first wrongful death lawsuit, from a pair of parents in California who claim ChatGPT is at fault for their 16-year-old son’s suicide.

OpenAI did not mention the teen, Adam Raine, in its Tuesday post. However, after the lawsuit was filed, the company alluded that changes were on the horizon.

Within the next month, parents will be able to exert more control over their teens’ use of ChatGPT, OpenAI said. The company will allow parents to link their accounts with their children's, set age-appropriate rules for ChatGPT’s responses and manage features like the bot’s memory and chat history.