Introducing ChatGPT for Teens: Built for learning, backed by protections
THE SO WHAT
A teen-specific SKU turns minors from an edge case into a designed customer segment—content, controls, and data policies will now be productized, not bolted on. If you build for under-18s, assume parents and regulators will benchmark your safeguards against this bar.
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