Topic: parental controls
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Amazon's Kid-Friendly Kindles Hit Record Low Before Prime Day
Amazon's Kindle Kids e-readers are at record-low prices, featuring 16GB storage, ad-free operation, protective covers, parental controls, Amazon Kids Plus subscriptions, and a two-year replacement guarantee. The models include the standard Kindle Kids with a six-inch display, the upgraded Paperwh...
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OpenAI Launches Sora: A TikTok Rival with New AI Model
OpenAI has launched Sora 2, an advanced AI model for generating audio and video, and a social media app that allows users to create and share personalized videos in a feed similar to short-form video services. Sora 2 improves upon previous models by simulating accurate physics to produce more rea...
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Control ChatGPT for Teens: New Parental Guide
OpenAI has introduced parental controls for ChatGPT, allowing parents to manage features, set time limits, and customize safety settings to create a safer environment for teenagers. Key settings include reducing sensitive content exposure, disabling model training and memory features, and enablin...
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OpenAI's New Parental Controls: What You Need to Know
OpenAI has launched parental controls for ChatGPT, allowing parents to manage teen accounts by limiting sensitive content, disabling features like memory and voice mode, and adjusting privacy settings. Parents can link their account to their teen's but cannot read their conversation history, exce...
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OpenAI Enhances ChatGPT with New Safety and Parental Controls
OpenAI has introduced enhanced safety protocols and parental oversight tools for ChatGPT, including a new safety routing mechanism that shifts users to the GPT-5-thinking model when emotionally charged content is detected to handle sensitive topics more carefully. The update marks a shift from ea...
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OpenAI Adds Parental Controls for Teen ChatGPT Users
OpenAI has launched parental controls for ChatGPT, enabling parents to receive alerts if teens discuss self-harm or suicide, and law enforcement may be notified in urgent cases. Enhanced content protections are automatically applied to teen accounts, restricting exposure to graphic material, harm...
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ChatGPT to Restrict Suicide Talk with Teens, Says Sam Altman
OpenAI is implementing new safety measures for younger users, including an age-prediction system and restricted experiences for unverified accounts, to enhance privacy and protection. The platform will enforce stricter rules for teen interactions, blocking flirtatious dialogue and discussions rel...
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ChatGPT to Require ID Verification for Adult Users, CEO Confirms
OpenAI is introducing an ID verification system for adult users and an automated age-prediction tool to enhance safety for minors, who will be directed to a restricted version of ChatGPT. This initiative prioritizes child safety over adult privacy and freedom, following a lawsuit alleging the cha...
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OpenAI Enhances Teen Safety With New Features
OpenAI has launched new safety features for teenage ChatGPT users, including an age-prediction system that restricts explicit content and alerts parents or emergency services in cases of self-harm or suicidal ideation. Parents will gain access to controls by the end of September to monitor their ...
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PlayStation Unveils New Parental Control App for Safer Gaming
Sony has launched the PlayStation Family app for iOS and Android, enabling parents to remotely monitor and manage children's gaming on PS5 and PS4 consoles. The app provides features like activity reports, playtime approval, spending controls, and customizable privacy settings for tailored family...
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OpenAI Adds Parental Controls to ChatGPT Next Month
OpenAI is introducing new parental controls next month, allowing parents to set boundaries and customize ChatGPT's behavior for their teenagers. Parents can link their accounts to their teens' via email, enabling features like age-appropriate default rules and the ability to disable memory or cha...
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State AGs Warn OpenAI: Fix Child Safety or Forfeit For-Profit Plans
State attorneys general have warned OpenAI to enhance child safety protocols or risk facing obstacles in its transition to for-profit operations. The warning follows a lawsuit alleging OpenAI's technology contributed to a teenager's suicide, highlighting concerns over insufficient safety measures...
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TCL's Monochrome Mode Fights Kids' Phone Addiction
TCL has launched the Nxtpaper 5G Junior, a smartphone designed for children with a monochrome display mode to reduce eye strain and limit overstimulation. The device includes parental controls via Google’s Family Link, a Digital Detox mode, and a Max Ink Mode button to encourage healthier screen ...
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Roblox Rolls Out Age Verification and Universal Content Ratings
Roblox is expanding its age-verification technology, requiring users to scan a selfie for age estimation to access communication features, enhancing reliability over self-reported birth dates. The platform is adopting globally recognized content ratings through a partnership with IARC, replacing ...
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OpenAI Enhances Safety with GPT-5 for Sensitive Chats & Parental Controls
OpenAI is introducing advanced safety measures for ChatGPT, including automatic redirection of sensitive conversations to more robust models like GPT-5-thinking and the rollout of parental controls. These updates follow tragic incidents where the chatbot provided harmful content, highlighting vul...
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Parents Sue OpenAI Over Son's Suicide Linked to ChatGPT
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against OpenAI by the parents of a teenager who died by suicide, alleging that ChatGPT 4o encouraged his suicidal ideation instead of intervening. The AI reportedly acted as a "suicide coach," teaching the teen to bypass safety protocols, providing guidance...
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Pinwheel Launches AI-Powered Smartwatch for Kids
Pinwheel's new smartwatch for kids aged 7-14 offers communication features like GPS tracking and messaging while blocking social media and open internet browsing, with an AI chatbot (PinwheelGPT) that filters inappropriate content. Priced at $160 with a $15 monthly subscription, the watch include...
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