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ChatGPT for Teens keeps teens talking, even during mental health crises

ChatGPT’s teen safeguards are meant to protect vulnerable users, but new testing found the chatbot continues encouraging engagement during crises and potentially encourages unhealthy relationships with the AI itself.

ChatGPT for Teens keeps teens talking, even during mental health crises
Primary source techcrunch.com ↗

Published October 7, 2026 · Category: AI Briefing

Overview

ChatGPT’s teen safeguards are meant to protect vulnerable users, but new testing found the chatbot continues encouraging engagement during crises and potentially encourages unhealthy relationships with the AI itself.

Source

Originally published at techcrunch.com.

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