ChatGPT will now prompt teenagers to take breaks and offer parents increased control options.

      New parental control features include Quiet Hours, Study Mode defaults, and alerts for significant account violations.

      OpenAI aims to enhance the safety of ChatGPT for teenagers, implementing changes that go beyond merely filtering content. In a recent update, the company expressed its belief that adolescents should have access to AI, arguing that denying this access would leave them ill-equipped for one of the significant technologies of their time.

      Nearly 90% of teenagers are already utilizing ChatGPT weekly for educational purposes, research, or organization, prompting OpenAI to assert that access must be accompanied by genuine protections suitable for their age.

      How is OpenAI ensuring the safety of teens while using ChatGPT?

      ChatGPT now incorporates age prediction to automatically provide a more age-appropriate experience when it determines that a user is under 18. If the system is uncertain, it defaults to a safer experience tailored for teens. This includes enhanced protections against harmful content such as graphic violence, self-harm, unhealthy body image, and dangerous viral challenges.

      Teens will also receive more frequent reminders to take breaks during extended sessions, promoting the importance of stepping away. Parents can enjoy expanded controls, which include the ability to establish Quiet Hours, deactivate Voice Mode, manage access to image generation, and receive notifications in certain high-risk scenarios, including indicators of potential self-harm.

      What educational tools is OpenAI introducing for teens?

      A significant aspect of this update is aimed at facilitating genuine learning for teens rather than simply providing quick responses. Study Mode, developed in collaboration with educators and learning professionals, guides students through problems step by step instead of immediately providing solutions.

      Parents can now enable Study Mode as a default setting for their teen's account through parental controls. OpenAI has also launched new starter prompts specifically designed for schoolwork, along with interactive math and science tools that currently serve 18 million users weekly across more than 250 subjects. OpenAI claims these initiatives will allow teens to access AI while prioritizing learning, creativity, and safety.

      Manisha Priyadarshini is a tech and entertainment writer with over nine years of editorial experience.

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      If you've ever misplaced a valuable ChatGPT response within your lengthy chat history, that issue has finally been addressed. OpenAI has launched a significant search enhancement facilitating the retrieval of old chats, projects, documents, and images all from a single location.

      Prior to this update, the sidebar search only displayed past conversations, leaving uploaded files, projects, and generated images inaccessible. The new search feature is now available on web, iOS, and Android platforms, across all ChatGPT plans, including free accounts.