Sam Altman’s OpenAI Introduces Parental Control In ChatGPT Amid Teen Suicide Cases Involving Chatbots – Mashable India
Amid a surge in mental health crisis involving AI chatbots, including spat of suicide cases amongst teens and adults alike, Sam Altman-led OpenAI has introduced parental control. The company in its official announcement stated,
Introducing parental controls in ChatGPT. Now parents and teens can link accounts to automatically get stronger safeguards for teens. Parents also gain tools to adjust features & set limits that work for their family. Rolling out to all ChatGPT users today on web, mobile soon.”
In follow up tweets, OpenAI stated about the features that the parents will have access on ChatGPT?
Will parents have access to their teen’s conversations in ChatGPT? The company remarks
Parents don’t have access to their teen’s conversations, except in rare cases where our system and trained reviewers detect possible signs of serious safety risk, parents may be notified — but only with the information needed to support their teen’s safety.
Introducing parental controls in ChatGPT.
Now parents and teens can link accounts to automatically get stronger safeguards for teens. Parents also gain tools to adjust features & set limits that work for their family.
Rolling out to all ChatGPT users today on web, mobile soon. pic.twitter.com/kcAB8fGAWG — OpenAI (@OpenAI) September 29, 2025
What features will parents have the ability to adjust with parental controls in ChatGPT?
-Reduce sensitive content: the ability to add extra safeguards to help protect teens, such as graphic content and viral challenges. This setting is on by default when a teen is connected.… — OpenAI (@OpenAI) September 29, 2025
Will parents have access to their teen’s conversations in ChatGPT?
Parents don’t have access to their teen’s conversations, except in rare cases where our system and trained reviewers detect possible signs of serious safety risk, parents may be notified — but only with the… — OpenAI (@OpenAI) September 29, 2025
Do teens have to opt-in to parental controls in ChatGPT?
A parent or teen can send an invitation to link their accounts in parental controls, and the other party needs to accept the invitation to get set up.
Parents will be notified if their teen disconnects their account. — OpenAI (@OpenAI) September 29, 2025
We’ve worked closely with experts, advocacy groups, and policymakers to help inform our approach—we expect to refine and expand on these controls over time.
As part of that work, we’ve launched a new resource page to help parents understand and guide how ChatGPT works in their… — OpenAI (@OpenAI) September 29, 2025
The feature was long overdue and might need further tweaking based on use cases. The company has assured that parental control won’t be invasive for the youngsters. But some of the adults on the internet don’t seem too excited about it. You can read more about the parental control feature by OpenAI in their blog here.
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