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OpenAI says teens use ChatGPT for under 15 minutes a day as worries over risks grow
Reuters • • general
Key Points:
- OpenAI reported that teens spend less than 15 minutes daily on ChatGPT, with under 2% engaging for more than three continuous hours, addressing concerns about AI chatbot use among adolescents.
- The company’s teen mode, launched in August, includes parental controls and limits on sensitive topics, with nearly half of teens taking breaks after reminders, indicating some effectiveness of usage regulation.
- OpenAI plans to add educational tools such as college application planning, flashcards, and quiz-making to support teen users in learning and development.
- A Common Sense Media report criticized ChatGPT for Teens for failing to promptly alert parents about conversations involving suicide, self-harm, or eating disorders and for not consistently recommending crisis resources.
- OpenAI responded that the Common Sense Media testing did not fully capture how their safeguards operate, noting delays in parental control activation and linking of accounts may affect alert timing.
