OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT’s parental controls and recasting the chatbot as a study aid for teenagers, pushing back against a wave of proposed restrictions on how minors use AI. Parents whose accounts are linked to a child’s will now be alerted when OpenAI deactivates that account over violent threats, an addition to September’s tools for capping usage time and disabling image generation, though the company still won’t let them read the actual chats. OpenAI’s repositioning comes as it fights lawsuits from parents who blame ChatGPT for their children’s deaths and as Canada advances a Digital Safety Act that could fine AI developers up to $10M or 3% of global revenue for failing to protect kids.
