GoKawiilCommon Sense Media testing finds OpenAI's 'ChatGPT for Teens' guardrails largely ineffective
Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute tested OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens, the under-18 version of the chatbot launched in August with promised extra safety protections, and concluded that it fails to function as advertised. The report labels the product 'unsafe' and an 'unacceptable risk,' finding that it does not reliably flag when a teen is in distress, still behaves like a companion, and doesn't meaningfully differ from the standard ChatGPT version in how it helps with schoolwork.