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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Robert Booth UK technology editor

Parents could get alerts if children show acute distress while using ChatGPT

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The company behind ChatGPT say ‘families and teens may need support in setting healthy guidelines’. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Parents could be alerted if their teenagers show acute distress while talking with ChatGPT, amid child safety concerns as more young people turn to AI chatbots for support and advice.

The alerts are part of new protections for children using ChatGPT to be rolled out in the next month by OpenAI, which was last week sued by the family of a boy who took his own life after allegedly receiving “months of encouragement” from the system.

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