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OpenAI will apply new restrictions to ChatGPT users under 18


Under the new policy, ChatGPT will be trained to no longer engage in "flirtatious talk" with underage users, and additional guardrails will be placed around discussions of suicide.

If an underage user uses ChatGPT to imagine suicidal scenarios, the service will attempt to contact their parents or, in particularly severe cases, local police. While the risks are particularly urgent for underage users considering self-harm, the broader phenomenon of chatbot-fueled delusion has drawn widespread concern, particularly as consumer chatbots have become capable of more sustained and detailed interactions. The new ChatGPT policies come on the same day as a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Examining the Harm of AI Chatbots,” announced by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) in August.

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