OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens, years after teens started using it
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-08-18
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, adding age-appropriate safety measures, parental controls, and learning tools designed to steer teens away from harmful content — and from using AI to cheat on homework. As TechCrunch notes, the product arrives years after teens had already adopted ChatGPT en masse.
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