Account Linking & Age Gates: Parents can now link their ChatGPT account with teens aged 13+, enabling age-appropriate filters, rule enforcement, and shared oversight without constant surveillance.
Feature Restrictions: Controls let parents disable chat history or memory, limiting data retention. Teens still chat freely, but with guardrails to keep interactions age-suitable and secure.
Real-Time Alerts for Distress: If ChatGPT detects signs of self-harm, abuse, or emotional crisis, it sends instant alerts to parents, ensuring timely action and better teen safety online.
Crisis-Aware Routing Models: Sensitive chats are routed to advanced reasoning models like GPT-5 that respond with extra care, resisting unsafe prompts and encouraging safe next steps.
Expert-Guided Design: OpenAI shaped these features with guidance from a council of well-being experts and over 250 doctors, ensuring responsible AI support in high-risk moments.
Gradual Rollout & Preview: Starting in the U.S., parental controls launch globally after testing. A 120-day preview period will refine features based on parent and expert feedback.
Oversight Without Invasion: The system balances protection and autonomy by only alerting parents during serious emotional warning signs, not tracking every chat or private exchange.
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