ChatGPT: Why Implementing Parental Controls Will Be Useless
Announced a few days ago after the death of an American teenager, parental controls are expected to soon be integrated into all ChatGPT accounts. This measure was announced on the same day that the parents of 16-year-old American Adam Raine announced they were filing a lawsuit against the company OpenAI.
Accused of having pushed the young teenager to suicide, the company decided to take action by preparing a control system that can be configured by the users' parents. This system will allow for the deletion of certain features such as the request history, but more importantly, will send notifications to the parents of users (aged at least 13) if the latter exhibit behaviors that pose a risk to their health.
While this announcement appears to be primarily intended to allow OpenAI to absolve itself of any future abuses with its chatbot, it should still allow some parents to obtain valuable information about their children's mental health.
Unfortunately, the feature, as currently listed, could be very easy to circumvent for teens who want to escape their parents' control. Since parental controls require linking the child's account to the parents', it's very easy to create a new account or even use ChatGPT without logging in to circumvent them.
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