Company announced OpenAI Launching a new version of ChatGPT Intended for teenagers, in a move aimed at enhancing the safety of younger users, after increasing concerns and lawsuits related to the use of artificial intelligence chatbots by teenagers.
The move also comes in light of the growing controversy surrounding the use of… ChatGPT In schools, especially in cases of cheating and completing assignments instead of understanding the subjects.
Developed for study rather than providing ready-made answers
Includes ChatGPT Teenagers have a new feature called Study ModeIt aims to push the user to think and understand the issue instead of getting a direct answer.
The feature relies on asking guiding questions and providing step-by-step assistance, to help the teenager reach the solution and understand the educational material.
The experience will also include homework reminders, which can appear when the user appears to be trying to get an answer with the aim of cheating instead of learning the material, to be directed to use study mode.
The version will also provide quizzes and visual tools that aid learning, along with options that allow parents or guardians to determine whether… Study Mode Enabled by default.
Additional protection from inappropriate content
And she says OpenAI Age-appropriate protections will be activated automatically, with the goal of reducing teens’ exposure to harmful or age-inappropriate content.
These measures are based on the company’s principles for users under 18 years of age, which say: OpenAI It’s based on developmental science and expert guidance.
Parents will also be able to use the family and parental control tools that the company launched previously, including managing settings, receiving safety notifications, and setting quiet hours.
Can the restrictions be bypassed?
Despite the new measures, the launch of the version intended for teenagers raises questions about how difficult it is to bypass these controls.
Teens are known to be able to circumvent some parental controls and digital restrictions, so it will not be clear how effective new protection systems actually are until they are widely tested.
Partnership to advance AI education
In parallel with the launch ChatGPT For teens, she announced OpenAI Partnership with CodeAI With the goal of helping teens better understand artificial intelligence, including how it works, how to guide and ask it questions, and how to use it more consciously.
And progress OpenAI like that ChatGPT for Teacherswhich allows schools to access and manage AI tools within an institutional learning environment.
The launch of the new version comes at a time when there is an increasing need to find a balance between making artificial intelligence tools available to adolescents and benefiting from them educationally, and protecting this group from the risks of unsafe or irresponsible use of technology.
