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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

1. What is ChatGPT for Teens?
2. Why did OpenAI make this new version?
3. What did the journalist test?

Fill-in-the-blank listening

Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.

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.

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