OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, a dedicated experience aimed at helping teenagers learn, develop critical thinking skills and explore AI with greater confidence, backed by stronger age-appropriate safety protections.
The new experience combines learning tools and safety features to support collaborative learning beyond the classroom. Users aged 13 to 17, either identified by OpenAI’s systems as being under 18 or who provide their age as between 13 and 17, are automatically placed in the ChatGPT for Teens experience.
The offering includes Study Mode, which guides students through concepts using questions and step-by-step support, along with Responsible Homework Reminders designed to discourage shortcut-based use of AI. It also features Quizzes and Learning Visualizations to aid practice and comprehension, while Study Hours allow teens and parents to set specific periods during which Study Mode is enabled by default.
OpenAI said the experience also comes with stronger default safeguards around areas such as self-harm, violence, eating disorders, dangerous activities, and sexually explicit or graphic content. Parents with linked teen accounts can access Parental Controls, manage selected settings, establish Quiet Hours and receive safety notifications in certain high-risk situations. Teens will also receive more frequent reminders to take breaks during extended sessions.
As part of the launch, OpenAI hosted ‘Open Dialogues on Youth Safety and AI’ in Mumbai, bringing together parents, educators and public voices to discuss responsible and age-appropriate AI use among young people.
Actors and authors Tisca Chopra and Soha Ali Khan participated in the discussion, sharing their experiences and perspectives as parents navigating AI with their children.
OpenAI also launched the ‘Parents’ Guide to Learning with ChatGPT’, a resource designed to help parents understand ChatGPT for Teens, configure parental controls, support their children’s learning and establish healthy AI habits at home.
Pragya Misra, Head of Strategy & Global Affairs, India, OpenAI, said that parents and educators have an important role to play in shaping how young people learn and engage with AI. She emphasised the need for adults to remain involved, encourage critical thinking and establish age-appropriate boundaries around technology.
Soha Ali Khan said that children need to be encouraged to question what they see, think independently and use technology without surrendering their judgement to it. She added that curiosity, critical thinking and appropriate safeguards need to be considered alongside technological advancement.
Tisca Chopra, meanwhile, said that understanding features such as Study Mode and Parental Controls had helped her see how AI could create opportunities for better conversations between parents and children. She stressed that parents do not need to have all the answers but should be informed enough to ask the right questions, establish thoughtful boundaries and remain involved in how their children use AI.
With ChatGPT for Teens, the Parents’ Guide and its wider work with families and educators, OpenAI said it aims to create a safer and more age-appropriate environment for teenagers to learn, create and explore with AI while maintaining healthy relationships with technology.
