Ethics & SecurityOctober 07, 2026
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OpenAI's Teen Mode Fails Safety Test

ChatGPT for Teens fails audit: no parental alerts on suicide chats.

#OpenAI#AI Safety#Teen Safety#Audit#Mental Health
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🔥 What happened Common Sense Media tested ChatGPT for Teens with 4,000+ prompts and rated it "Unacceptable Risk" for all minors. Parental alerts never fired during suicidal ideation or self-harm chats across a dozen linked accounts. 💡 Why it matters OpenAI's teen mode promises guardrails it doesn't deliver: crisis referrals failed in over 25% of mental health tests. Teens can bypass Study Mode with "Show me the answer" – and anyone registering as an adult never gets the protections at all. ⚡ Our take OpenAI is selling parents false confidence in safety theater. With 1 billion weekly users, child protection can't be a feature flag – it has to be the foundation.
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