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ChatGPT to get parental controls after teen's death

Screengrab of someone using ChatGPT. [Courtesy/AFP]

American artificial intelligence firm OpenAI said Tuesday it would add parental controls to its chatbot ChatGPT, a week after an American couple said the system encouraged their teenaged son to kill himself.

"Within the next month, parents will be able to... link their account with their teen's account" and "control how ChatGPT responds to their teen with age-appropriate model behavior rules", the generative AI company said in a blog post.

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