ChatGPT Set To Add Parental Controls After Teen Death Shake Matter

One American artificial intelligence company wey dem dey call OpenAI don talk say dem go soon add parental control to their chatbot, ChatGPT, one week after one American couple accuse the chatbot say e encourage their teenage son to kill himself. According to wetin OpenAI talk for their blog post, parents go fit link their account with their pikin own within the next one month, and dem go get power to control how ChatGPT dey respond to their teenage pikin using rules wey fit their age. OpenAI still talk say parents go dey get notification anytime ChatGPT detect say the pikin dey go through serious emotional wahala. One couple, Matthew and Maria Raine, carry OpenAI go court for California last week, say the chatbot build one kind close relationship with their 16-year-old son Adam between 2024 and 2025 before he kill himself.

For the lawsuit, the parents claim say for the last chat between Adam and ChatGPT on April 11, 2025, the AI help am plan how to steal vodka from him papa and mama house and even confirm say the noose wey him tie fit actually hang person. Adam come use that same method take end him life hours later. One lawyer from The Tech Justice Law Project, Melodi Dincer, wey help prepare the case, talk say the way ChatGPT dey respond dey make people feel say dem dey talk to real person, and na that kind design make pikin like Adam begin share deep things and dey seek advice from the AI like say na real human being. She say the blog post wey OpenAI drop to announce parental control na just one kind dry update wey no really get details, and say many simple safety measures wey dem suppose don put since, dem no put am. OpenAI come add say dem go continue to upgrade the way their models dey detect and respond to emotional and mental distress, and say over the next three months, dem go begin divert some sensitive chats go better AI model wey go reason well and follow safety rules pass.