OpenAI Introduces Parental Controls and Mental Health Safeguards for ChatGPT

TL;DR
OpenAI plans to implement new safety features by the end of the year to better protect teens and individuals in emotional distress using ChatGPT, including routing sensitive conversations to specialized models, enhancing parental controls, and improving crisis intervention protocols, in response to recent incidents and lawsuits related to AI's role in mental health crises.
Topics:businesstechnology#ai-ethics#chatgpt#mental-health#safety-measures#technology#teen-protection
- OpenAI outlines new mental health guardrails for ChatGPT Axios
- A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In. The New York Times
- Parental controls are coming to ChatGPT ‘within the next month,’ OpenAI says CNN
- The family of teenager who died by suicide alleges OpenAI's ChatGPT is to blame NBC News
- OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT parental controls with help of mental health experts Fox Business
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