ChatGPT will verify your age soon, in attempt to protect teen users

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• OpenAI will add age verification to ChatGPT.
• Teens will have more safety measures, compromising some freedom. 
• Adults will retain the ability to use the chatbot as they want. 

Chatbot users are increasingly confiding in tools like ChatGPT for sensitive or personal matters, including mental health issues. The consequences can be devastating: A teen boy took his own life after spending hours chatting with ChatGPT about suicide. Amidst a resulting lawsuit and other mounting pressures, OpenAI has reevaluated its chatbot's safeguards with changes that aim to protect teens, but will impact all users.

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In a blog posted on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman explored the complexity of implementing a teen safety framework while adhering to his company's ...