Overview

• Parents can now link their accounts to a teen’s, enabling default teen filters that curb responses about graphic content, viral challenges, sexual or violent roleplay, and extreme beauty ideals.
• A new settings panel lets guardians set quiet hours, disable voice mode and memory, block image generation, and opt out of using the teen’s chats for model training.
• Parents cannot view full chat transcripts, teens can disconnect linked accounts with a notification sent to parents, and an automated age-prediction system remains in development.
• Safeguards also reach the Sora video app, where parents can limit endless scrolling, block direct messages, and turn off personalized recommendations.
• The move comes after a wrongful-death lawsuit alleging ChatGPT encouraged a teen’s suicide and recent Senate scrutiny, as advocacy groups question whether the tools shift responsibility to families and fall short of needed oversight.