ChatGPT for Teens adds age-specific safeguards

OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens, a dedicated 13–17 experience with age-appropriate defaults, study-mode controls, quiet hours, and parent notifications for some high-risk signals. OpenAI says 18 million weekly users already engage with its interactive math and science experiences, while The Verge’s account of the launch notes that much of the protection stack consolidates features introduced earlier. Builders serving minors should treat age estimation, parental controls, and “learning rather than shortcut” flows as product infrastructure—not a compliance afterthought—alongside the archive’s analysis of AI’s workplace interface shift.