ChatGPT can now estimate your age and restrict sensitive content if you’re under 18

[ad_1] OpenAI first introduced plans to introduce an automatic age-prediction system for ChatGPT in September final yr, geared toward serving to the AI chatbot distinguish between teenagers and adults. After testing it in choose nations over the previous few months, the corporate has now began rolling it out on ChatGPT shopper plans.

The system is designed to determine customers beneath 18 and routinely redirect them to a extra age-appropriate ChatGPT expertise. In accordance with OpenAI, the age-prediction mannequin “appears at a mix of behavioural and account-level indicators, together with how lengthy an account has existed, typical instances of day when somebody is energetic, utilization patterns over time, and a consumer’s acknowledged age” to estimate whether or not somebody is underage.

When the system detects that an account could belong to a youthful consumer, ChatGPT routinely applies extra security measures to restrict publicity to delicate content material. OpenAI notes that this age-appropriate expertise restricts entry to graphic or violent content material, dangerous viral challenges, sexual or romantic roleplay, depictions of self-harm, and content material that encourages excessive magnificence beliefs, unhealthy weight-reduction plan, or physique shaming.

Adults flagged incorrectly can show their age and restore full entry

OpenAI acknowledges that the system isn’t excellent and will misclassify adults. The corporate plans to proceed refining the mannequin to enhance accuracy over time. Customers who're incorrectly flagged as teenagers could have the choice to confirm their age and regain full entry by means of the identity-verification service, Persona. To see if their account has restricted entry, customers can navigate to Settings > Account.

Along with providing youthful customers a extra age-appropriate ChatGPT expertise, the age-prediction mannequin will enable OpenAI to introduce new options for older customers, together with the beforehand teased grownup mode. Initially slated to roll out late final yr, the grownup mode was pushed again to Q1 2026 whereas OpenAI fine-tuned its age-prediction mannequin. With the system now dwell, the corporate may announce the function quickly.