OpenAI Announces ChatGPT for Teens With Built-In Safeguards and Learning Prompts

OpenAI is adding a ChatGPT mode for teenagers that includes parental controls, enhanced content safeguards, and a focus on learning. ChatGPT for Teens is "designed to help teens learn, think critically, deepen understanding, and use AI with confidence," said the company in a blog post announcing the feature. The feature includes learning-focused starter prompts for facilitating studying, practicing skills, or exploring ideas. ChatGPT's Study mode is baked in, as are learning tools (including quizzes when available), and Study hours that let the teen or a linked parent/guardian choose when eligible new chats start in study mode. OpenAI says reminders encourage users to take breaks, and there are built-in provisions for making it clear that ChatGPT is AI, and does not have consciousness, experience feelings or emotions. That backstop aims to discourage relationship-forming with the chatbot. ChatGPT automatically enables ChatGPT for Teens for eligible accounts identified as belonging to someone under 18. Users who think they are seeing the feature by mistake can verify their age and ask ChatGPT to remove the teen protections. OpenAI says ChatGPT for Teens is rolling out globally to eligible teen accounts on Free and paid personal ChatGPT plans beginning August 18, with full availability in Australia expected September 8. Popular StoriesChatGPT is Down for Images: Error When Generating ImagesIf you receive an error when attempting to generate images with ChatGPT today, you are not alone, as OpenAI has confirmed there is a partial outage. "Image generation unavailable in ChatGPT," says OpenAI's status page. "We are still implementing the mitigation." In the meantime, ChatGPT will say "I wasn't able to generate the image due to an error on my side" or similar in response to...ChatGPT's Apple Health Integration Now Rolling Out to U.S. UsersThursday July 23, 2026 10:53 am PDT by Juli CloverThe Health in ChatGPT feature that integrates medical records and Apple Health data is rolling out to ChatGPT users in the United States as of today. OpenAI announced plans for a health feature that used data from Apple Health and other sources back in January, but it was in beta and was not made widely available. Health in ChatGPT can draw on health information connected by the user to...ChatGPT is Down for Images: Error When Generating ImagesIf you receive an error when attempting to generate images with ChatGPT today, you are not alone, as OpenAI has confirmed there is an ongoing outage. "Image generation unavailable in ChatGPT," says OpenAI's status page. In the meantime, ChatGPT will say "I wasn't able to generate the image due to an error on my side" or similar in response to image generation...