Why Has OpenAI Suddenly Launched Parental Controls—And What’s Behind the Move?
You ever get the feeling that the universe just really, really wants your parents to have access to all your browser tabs? Well, good news—or bad news, depending on how you feel about privacy—OpenAI just dropped parental controls for ChatGPT . Yes, now your mom can technically spy on your late-night AI confessions. Does anyone else feel like “parental oversight” is just a fancy way of saying “ruining the vibe”? And let’s not ignore the elephant in the room: teens can simply disable these controls themselves, which is like locking the fridge but taping the key to the door . So, what do we do when the world’s most notorious tech company hands over the illusion of control on a silver platter? Scroll on—or should I say, “parentally supervised and possibly unsupervised scroll on”—because what could possibly go wrong? LEARN MORE
OpenAI introduced new parental controls for ChatGPT, allowing oversight over settings and alerts for unsafe content, though teens will be able to disable the controls at any time. What do you think?
“In our house, we have a strict ‘no hallucinatory parasocial relationships after 9 p.m.’ rule.”
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