PARIS: 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. Parents will also receive notifications from ChatGPT “when the system detects their teen is in a moment of acute distress,” OpenAI added.

L’option arrivera dans le courant du mois, affirme l’entreprise, et devrait permettre de surveiller la santé psychologique des adolescents. L’annonce survient alors qu’un couple…

Promised protections follow reports of vulnerable users misled in extended chats.