OpenAI Targets Teens with Restricted ChatGPT Version

OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens on August 18, 2026, for users 13–17. It blocks content on suicide, self-harm, and romantic or sexual chats, and offers study guidance rather than finished answers. Parents get controls including "quiet hours" that lock teens out entirely. The move follows parental-control measures added after litigation tied to a California teenager's suicide.