ChatGPT for Teens has special safeguards. A watchdog group finds most don't work
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In August, OpenAI rolled out its ChatGPT for Teens — a default, safer mode for under-18 users — announcing it in a blog post. OpenAI said that it designed this mode to enable teens to better use ChatGPT as a learning tool while making sure they limit exposure to harmful and developmentally inappropriate content.

"ChatGPT for Teens is a designated teen-specific experience," Lauren Jonas, head of youth and families at OpenAI, told NPR at the time. That experience includes features like refusing role-playing.

"The model should not role-play with a teen," added Jonas. "The model should not claim to be sentient or be the friend of a teen."

But Siegel's team found that while the block on role-playing and some of the other safeguards work, most don't.

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