New study sheds light on ChatGPT's alarming interactions with teens – Ottumwa Courier
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FILE – ChatGPT history by a teenager is seen at a coffee shop in Russellville, Ark., on July 15, 2025.
Chat GPT app icon is seen on a smartphone screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago.
Chat GPT app icon is seen on a smartphone screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago.
FILE – Imran Ahmed with the Center for Countering Digital Hate, speaks at The Elevate Prize Foundation’s Make Good Famous Summit, on May 13, 2025, in Miami Beach, Fla.
FILE – Sam Altman, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OpenAI, testifies before a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 8, 2025.
Chat GPT’s landing page is seen on a computer screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago.
Chat GPT’s landing page is seen on a computer screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago.
Chat GPT’s landing page is seen on a computer screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago.
FILE – ChatGPT history by a teenager is seen at a coffee shop in Russellville, Ark., on July 15, 2025.
Chat GPT app icon is seen on a smartphone screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago.
Chat GPT app icon is seen on a smartphone screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago.
FILE – Imran Ahmed with the Center for Countering Digital Hate, speaks at The Elevate Prize Foundation’s Make Good Famous Summit, on May 13, 2025, in Miami Beach, Fla.
FILE – Sam Altman, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, OpenAI, testifies before a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 8, 2025.
Chat GPT’s landing page is seen on a computer screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago.
Chat GPT’s landing page is seen on a computer screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago.
Chat GPT’s landing page is seen on a computer screen, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, in Chicago.
ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked, according to new research from a watchdog group.
The Associated Press reviewed more than three hours of interactions between ChatGPT and researchers posing as vulnerable teens. The chatbot typically provided warnings against risky activity but went on to deliver startlingly detailed and personalized plans for drug use, calorie-restricted diets or self-injury.
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