By Mike Swift ( August 18, 2026, 11:00 GMT | Insight) -- OpenAI on Tuesday is launching ChatGPT for Teens for users aged 13–17, with default safeguards blocking sexual and dangerous content, break reminders, quiet hours, privacy warnings, parental alerts, and guided study tools. The new service, which OpenAI said it will assign teen users to by default, will also discourage emotional dependence by teens, avoiding romantic or human-like claims. The launch comes amid lawsuits, a US Federal Trade Commission investigation, and growing state regulation over chatbot interactions with minors.OpenAI on Tuesday is launching “ChatGPT for Teens,” aimed at preventing minors between 13 and 17 from seeing dangerous or sexual content as the company faces litigation and regulatory probes into its chatbot’s interaction with teens....
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