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OpenAI said Tuesday that it’s rolling out age prediction technology for ChatGPT in the face of growing concerns about children’s safety when using AI chatbots.
The technology aims to estimate whether an account likely belongs to someone under 18 years old in order to ensure teens are using a version of ChatGPT with additional protections.
It will rely on a “combination of behavioral and account-level signals,” such as how long an account has existed, daily and longer term usage patterns and a user’s stated age.
“Deploying age prediction helps us learn which signals improve accuracy, and we use those learnings to continuously refine the model over time,” OpenAI noted in a blog post Tuesday.
Those under 18 years old will be directed to a version of ChatGPT that limits sensitive content, such as graphic violence, risky viral challenges, sexual or romantic role play, self-harm and extreme beauty standards or unhealthy dieting.
“While these content restrictions help reduce teens’ exposure to sensitive material, we are focused on continually improving these protections, especially to address attempts to bypass our safeguards,” the company added. “When we are not confident about someone’s age or have incomplete information, we default to a safer experience.”
Users who are incorrectly placed in the under-18 version of ChatGPT will be able to confirm their age using Persona, an identity verification software.
The push comes as AI chatbots across the board are facing growing scrutiny over how they interact with and impact young users. The family of 16-year-old Adam Raine sued OpenAI in August, alleging ChatGPT encouraged their son to take his own life.
Character.AI and Google, which are also facing several similar lawsuits, indicated in court filings earlier this month that they had reached settlements “in principle” with families in five cases.
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