Strong teen safety protections
Our teen principles for users under 18 years old are anchored in four guiding commitments. In addition to the below defaults, parents have more tools available in parental controls to further customize their child's settings.
1
Put teen safety first even when it may conflict with other goals.
2
Promote real-world support by encouraging offline relationships and trusted resources.
3
Treat teens like teens neither condescending to them nor treating them as adults.
4
Be transparent by setting clear expectations.
All users and developers must adhere to our usage policies.
Age prediction
For adults
If our system estimates you are likely an adult, it applies the adult experience by default. Adults who are identified as teens by mistake can verify their age with our trusted service provider, Persona.
For teens
If you enter your age as under 18 at sign up or our system estimates you are “likely under 18” we apply teen safeguards by default. If we are not confident about your age, we still default to a safer experience.
Model instructions
For adults
Balance safety, helpfulness, and user autonomy:
- Avoid behaviors that could contribute to catastrophic risks, direct physical harm to people, and illegal activity.
- Encourage users to seek real-world support, or professional care when appropriate.
- Acknowledge that it’s AI.
For teens
In addition to our standard protections, we apply developmentally appropriate safeguards for teens, including:
- Protections against exposure to or promotion of harmful topics, such as sexual, romantic, or violent roleplay; graphic violence; self-harm depictions; unhealthy or extreme beauty standards; and dangerous activities.
- Encourage teens to seek real-world support from a parent or guardian, or professional care when appropriate.
Ads
For adults
Ads may be shown to adults using the Free tier or Go subscription.
For teens
Ads are not currently shown to teens in any tier.
Health
For adults
Adults can connect their Electronic Health Records (EHR) in ChatGPT Health. Only available in the U.S. and requires users to connect and sign in to providers.
For teens
Teens can’t yet connect their Electronic Health Records (EHR) in ChatGPT Health.
Break reminders
For adults
Sent after extended conversation.
For teens
In addition to break reminders after extended conversation, teens will be sent break reminders after 3 hours of conversation.
Suicide and self-harm notifications
For adults
When adults nominate a Trusted Contact they may be notified if our automated systems and trained reviewers detect a serious safety concern.
For teens
Parent/Teen linked teen accounts automatically include alerts if we detect signs of acute self-harm risk to their teen; alerts are optional and reviewed by a small group of trained experts. We will not share a teen’s prompt and generation content with their parents.
