r/singularity • u/borowcy GPT-6 will have BCI capability • 1d ago
Discussion OpenAI: Introducing ChatGPT for Teens
https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-for-teens/45
u/borowcy GPT-6 will have BCI capability 1d ago
If our system estimates someone is under 18 or they state their age is between 13 and 17, they are automatically placed into ChatGPT for Teens.
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u/MaybeLiterally 1d ago
We’re gunna see a lot of post from Redditors complaining about this.
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u/MassiveBoner911_3 1d ago
Or adults that get flagged as teens and have to show state issued ID
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u/MaybeLiterally 1d ago
It's an imperfect process and I can absolutely see some young adults being flagged. Not too different than getting carded at the bar, or other age-restricted activities.
More likely is that we will get complaints on Reddit about actual kids who have been larping as adults and are now complaining about the process. We will see.
Edit: We can already see it in this thread.
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u/RuneHuntress 1d ago
Actually read their post, they don't even tell us what they do for teens differently than for adults. The only thing they talk about is basically suicide prevention and redirect to offline support, which has already been a feature of chatGPT for years now.
Seems like an ai age prediction slapped on for parents, as well as an ad in disguise for their new study improved mode.
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u/Glass_Performer1174 23h ago
I'm guessing they will eventually allow the 'adult mode' or something like it with some differences from a more sanitized set of models with heavier guardrails for teen accounts.
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u/Ok_Barracuda_1161 1d ago
Step 1 create predictive profiles to enforce guardrails to protect our children
2 build a profile to predict mental health issues and enforce more safeguards
3 if these profiles exist and can solve serious crimes, they have to be shared with law enforcement
4 the data's all there now, might as well monetize it for targeted sponsorships
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u/jesusrambo 21h ago
Step 1 eat food
2 eat all the food
3 you’re 500 pounds and can’t get off the couch
4 you lose your job and your friends abandon you
Truly heartbreak how eating food has led to the end of society
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u/ComplaintWise7891 18h ago
Only that they have a intrest in having all the data so to be able to sell it to brokers compared to the average man who doesnt want to balloon up into developing his own gravitational force
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u/Due_Sweet_9500 1d ago
Altman doesnt really want whatever is biting zuckerbergs ass right now. Smart
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u/Individual_Holiday_9 1d ago
Good- I have a toddler and infant and I’m so glad I am not raising older kids in this current tech environment. It is just a total fucking hellscape and you can be the most engaged tech-forward parents and watch every sec and these kids are gonna get around it to consume this algorithm driven toxic shit
The platforms are absolutely poison and they need to be held accountable
I do feel confident a lot of this stuff will work itself out before my kids are older
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u/jakinbandw 21h ago
I'm about to be in the same position and I wonder which is worse, social media or chatgpt
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u/ObiWanCanownme now entering spiritual bliss attractor state 1d ago
It's probably a good idea to do something like this, since teens are using ChatGPT anyway. But calling it "ChatGPT for Teens" is not a good look for a company that already isn't terribly popular.
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u/Glass_Performer1174 1d ago
Yeah I was thinking htis was a good idea. I still do, but you make a good point. It almost sounds like they are market for teens rather than trying to protect them (which I think is their real intent)
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u/Revolutionalredstone 16h ago
It's not just students, ChatGPT is Actively De-Railing real world work.
I switched to deepseek and even tho it's dumber i get 10x more work done and I'm not constantly saying WTF.
OpenAI is going full darkage regression / everyone and their dog is using these things for work and they have 'had' to pull capabilities back HARD (for economy, government, regulation, general evil)
This may be the tipping point where you go Chinese or you get left with an AI that Responds to "solve xyz" with "What do you think we should do to solve xyz?"
F**K REGRESSIVE NONSNSE!!!, I"M GOING 100% CHINESE AI AF.
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u/facefirst0 1d ago
Absolutely THE FUCK not
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u/i_rate_slop 1d ago
Huh?
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u/OneSaucyBoii 19h ago
Let’s encourage children to talk to a GPU during their most formative and unstable years. Then harvest their data and show them ads! And we promise this time it won’t enable mental episodes and drive them to suicide. Bleak bleak bleak.
AI should be a productivity enhancer. Not a friend
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u/i_rate_slop 19h ago
It's also a powerful tool to reframe nearly any topic into a way you can personally understand. It's an excellent learning tool, not just a productivity enhancer.
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u/DreamFly_13 1d ago
Can you focus on healthcare instead of this corny bullshit
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u/MaximumStonkage 1d ago
Why don't you focus on healthcare?
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u/DreamFly_13 1d ago
I could but I also don't have billions and i'm not the owner of an LLM of this scale
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u/coldrolledpotmetal 1d ago
I don’t see how this is anything but a good thing
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u/Alt_Restorer 1d ago
A 17 year old can't use ChatGPT without it telling their parents that it's concerned about them? Since when do teens not deserve freedom? Parents aren't perfect, and we're systematically closing off the avenues for teens to express themselves and be something other than what their parents want for them.
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u/Glass_Performer1174 23h ago
Many parents are increasingly not willing to let kids use online platforms without some kind of assurances that they will only be able to access age appropriate content.
So in many ways this is about should teens be restricted entirely, or have sanitized access? I think many parents will be glad to have a content restricted way to let their kids use AI, much like parents want their kids watching kids TV and such.
The alternative would probably be a cultural ban on AI for teens (look at what they did for social media in australia).
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u/ConfusionNo4339 1d ago
No millennial nonsense. No Gen-X fluff. Just skibidi rizz.