OpenAI Launches ‘ChatGPT for Teens’
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OpenAI is a company that makes ChatGPT. ChatGPT is a computer program that can talk to people. Now OpenAI has a new version. It is called ChatGPT for Teens. Teens are young people, usually from 13 to 19 years old.
OpenAI made this new version because of safety concerns. Safety concerns means people worry about danger. Many people worry about teens using ChatGPT in the wrong way.
The new ChatGPT for Teens has special protections. Protections are things that keep someone safe. OpenAI says the new tool is built for learning. Learning means getting new knowledge or skills.
A journalist tested the new ChatGPT for Teens. She wanted to see if it would let her cheat on homework. Cheat means to do something wrong to get an easy answer.
OpenAI wants students to use ChatGPT to learn, not to cheat. This new plan may help make ChatGPT safer for young people.
Vocabulary15 words
- ChatGPT
- a computer program that can talk and answer questions
- ChatGPT for Teens
- a new version of ChatGPT made for young people
- safety concerns
- worries about danger
- protections
- things that keep people safe
- learning
- getting new knowledge
- cheat
- do something wrong to get an easy answer
- teens
- young people, usually 13 to 19 years old
- company
- a business that makes or sells things
- version
- one form of something
- worry
- feel bad about a problem
- danger
- something that can hurt you
- tool
- something you use to do a job
- journalist
- a person who writes news
- homework
- school work you do at home
- plan
- an idea for what to do
Quiz
Answer key
1. A new version of ChatGPT for young people 2. Because of safety concerns 3. If ChatGPT for Teens would let her cheat on homework
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OpenAI is a company that makes _____. Now it has made a new version called _____.
OpenAI made this new version because of _____. Many people worry about teens using ChatGPT in the wrong way.
The new ChatGPT for Teens has special _____ to keep young people safe.
OpenAI says the tool is built for _____, not for cheating.
A _____ tested the new tool to see if it would let her _____ on homework.