Why teens deserve access to safe AI

Teens are the first generation growing up with AI, and this technology will heavily shape their future. Today, nearly 9 in 10 teens on ChatGPT use it for learning, information, skill-building, or productivity in a single week. This is why we believe it’s critical for teens to have access to AI. Keeping teens from using it until adulthood would be like asking a previous generation to avoid the internet or search engines until they turned 18, leaving them less prepared to use one of the defining technologies of their time. But access must be paired with protections designed specifically for teens.

During a recent OpenAI Academy⁠(ku furmaa daaqad cusub) Oriana McKenzie shared how ChatGPT helped her become No.1 in her high school class by studying smarter and managing her workload—giving her the time needed for the sports and school programs she loves. Her story illustrates what’s possible when teens have access to AI that helps them learn and create.

To maximize those gains, teens need stronger protections designed for their stage of life, including automated guardrails that let them explore, learn, and build with confidence, while providing safeguards tailored to their age. As AI becomes more capable, our responsibility is to combine broad access with age-appropriate protections that allow teens to benefit from this technology as it evolves.

Over the past year, that has meant strengthening default protections for teens, rolling out age prediction⁠, expanding Parental Controls⁠, creating additional family resources⁠(ku furmaa daaqad cusub) to help parents support healthy, responsible use, and introducing learning features to help support deeper understanding rather than just providing answers.

Our work is guided by four key commitments⁠:

• We put teen safety first even when it may conflict with other goals.
• We encourage real-world support in times of need.
• We treat teens as teens.
• We are transparent by setting clear expectations.

Learning is one of the clearest ways teens benefit from AI, so we’re building tools that encourage active engagement, critical thinking, and deeper understanding. Study Mode⁠(ku furmaa daaqad cusub) was designed in collaboration with teachers, learning scientists, and pedagogy experts to help students work through problems step by step using guiding questions, structured explanations, and opportunities for reflection without simply providing the answer. Early evaluation of tools like Study Mode has shown promising gains in student performance⁠, helping inform our broader research into how AI can support learning outcomes.

While teens can turn this mode on themselves, now parents with linked teen accounts can turn on Study Mode⁠ directly from Parental Controls⁠. When enabled, it is on by default whenever a teen starts a new chat, giving families another way to guide how ChatGPT is used for schoolwork and study.

We also recently introduced education-focused starter prompts for teens so it is easier to begin with tasks like breaking down a topic into simple steps, turning notes into a study guide, creating flashcards or practice questions, and checking evidence and clarity.

We’re continuing to expand interactive learning experiences⁠ as well. Research has consistently shown⁠ that people learn more effectively when they can actively engage with concepts rather than passively consume information. Since launching earlier this year, 18 million weekly users now engage with interactive math and science experiences in ChatGPT, and we’ve expanded those experiences to more than 300 topics total from integrals and mitosis to moon phases, photosynthesis and more. We also introduced a pronunciation experience that uses audio to help people learn how to pronounce words in more than 61 languages.

Haddii nidaamkayagu qiyaaso in qof isticmaalaya ChatGPT uu ka yar yahay 18 jir,⁠ si otomaatig ah ayaan u siinnaa waayo-aragnimo da’diisa ku habboon⁠(ku furmaa daaqad cusub). Dhallinyaradu weli waxay ChatGPT u adeegsan karaan barasho, abuurid iyo sahaminta, laakiin iyadoo ay la socdaan ilaalinno dheeraad ah oo loogu talagalay in lagu yareeyo la kulanka nuxur aan ku habboonayn iyaga. Taas waxaa ka mid ah badbaadooyin xooggan oo ku saabsan rabshad muuqaalkeedu faahfaahsan yahay, is-waxyeellayn, caqabado fayras noqda oo khatar ah, nuxur ku saabsan muuqaalka jirka oo aan caafimaad qabin, iyo door-ciyaar khatar ah, jaceyl ah ama galmo ah. Hadafka hagaya waa in la hubiyo in ChatGPT uu ahaado qalab barasho iyo hal-abuur, ee uusan noqon beddelka xiriirrada dunida dhabta ah.

Waxaan sidoo kale u qaabaynaynaa ChatGPT si uu u dhiirrigeliyo caadooyin caafimaad qaba. Dhallinyarada waqti dheer ku qaata ChatGPT hadda waxay heli doonaan xusuusinno nasasho⁠ oo soo noqnoqda, kuwaas oo ku dhiirrigeliya inay hakadaan oo ka fogaadaan. Xusuusinahani waxaa loogu talagalay inay dhalinyarada ka caawiyaan dhisidda caadooyin tiknoolajiyadeed oo dheellitiran, iyadoo weli la siinayo xorriyadda ay AI ugu adeegsadaan barasho, hal-abuur iyo xalinta dhibaatooyinka.

Waxaan aaminsannahay in qalabka badbaadada ee ugu wanaagsan uu qoysaska ka caawin karo inay si wadajir ah u maareeyaan waayo-aragnimooyinka internetka ee dhallinyarada. Waxaan dhisnay xooftiweeka xadidka isticmaalka iyo ogeysiisyo⁠ u oggolaanaya inay dejiyaan saacado xasilloon, damiyaan qaabka codka, maareeyaan helitaanka soo saarida sawirka, oo helaan ogeysiisyo xaalado khatar sare leh qaarkood, sida calaamado muujinaya is-waxyeellayn suurtagal ah.

Waxaan ballaarinaynaa ogeysiisyadaas si ay ugu jiraan xaaladaha koonto dhallinyaro oo ku xiran loo joojiyey jebinta siyaasadaheenna isticmaalka⁠ ee ku saabsan hanjabaadaha rabshadda leh ama falalka rabshadda ee internetka. Habkani wuxuu waalidiinta ka caawiyaa inay ogaadaan marka wax culus dhaceen, isagoo ixtiraamaya asturnaanta dhallinyarada isla markaana dhiirrigelinaya wada-hadallo iyo taageero ka baxsan internetka.

Markii aan horumarinaynay astaamahan, waxaan la tashannay khubaro dhowr ah, oo ay ku jirto Moonshot⁠(ku furmaa daaqad cusub), oo hoggaamiye ka ah ka hortagga rabshadaha internetka, si loo hubiyo in faragelinnadani yihiin kuwo si taxaddar leh loo fikiray, waxtar leh, kuna wajahan caawinta qoysaska inay ka jawaabaan marka loo baahdo.

Waxaan sidoo kale rabnaa inaan hubinno in waalidiinta, dhallinyarada iyo barayaashu haystaan hagitaan cad oo ku saabsan sida ugu wanaagsan ee AI loogu adeegsado si mas’uul ah. Waxaan ku daabacnaa kheyraad waxbarasho in ka badan 50 luqadood, oo ay ku jiraan Hage Qoys oo Ka Caawinaya Dhallinyarada Inay AI u Adeegsadaan Si Mas’uul Ah⁠(ku furmaa daaqad cusub), Talooyin ku saabsan la hadalka dhallinyaradaada ee AI⁠(ku furmaa daaqad cusub), iyo Talooyin loogu talagalay waalidiinta isticmaalaya ChatGPT⁠(ku furmaa daaqad cusub).

Ilaalinta badbaadada dhalinyarada marka ay internetka joogaan ma aha wax shirkad keliya kaligeed xallin karto. Waxaan si dhow ula shaqeynaa dhallinyaro, waalidiin, barayaal, khubaro badbaadada carruurta, xirfadlayaal caafimaadka maskaxda, cilmi-baarayaal, dowlado iyo ururrada bulshada rayidka ah. Iskaashiyadani waxay naga caawiyaan inaan si fiican u fahanno baahiyaha dhalinyarada, u aqoonsanno khataraha soo baxaya, u qiimeyno waxtarka badbaadooyinkayaga, una hubinno in siyaasadaheennu ay ku dhisan yihiin khibrad madaxbannaan.

Shaqadani waxay daboolaysaa habkayaga ku wajahan barashada iyo ladnaanta dhalinyarada labadaba. Waxaan la shaqeynaa barayaal, oo ay ku jiraan American Federation of Teachers⁠, arday iyo ururrada waxbarashada si aan si fiican u fahanno sida AI u taageeri karo waxbaridda iyo barashada, iyadoo la xoojinayo ka-qaybgalka firfircoon iyo fikirka naqdi ah. Waxaan sidoo kale si dhow ula shaqeynaa khubaro ka kala socda bulshooyinka caafimaadka maskaxda, horumarka carruurta iyo badbaadada dhalinyarada, oo ay ku jiraan American Psychological Association⁠(ku furmaa daaqad cusub), Shabakaddeenna Dhakhaatiirta Caalamiga ah⁠ iyo Golahayaga Khubarada ee Ladnaanta iyo AI⁠.

Shaqadeenna lagu dhisayo nidaam dijitaal ah oo caafimaad badan waxay ka gudubtaa alaabtayada oo keliya. Waxaan ku baaqnay in la horumariyo heerar caalami ah oo la ballaarin karo oo ku saabsan badbaadada AI ee dhalinyarada⁠ iyada oo loo marayo Machad u gaar ah Badbaadada AI, siyaasado iyo qalab il-furan ah⁠ oo horumariyeyaashu ku dhex dari karaan nidaamyadooda AI, waxaana la shaqeynaa ururro ay ka mid yihiin Common Sense Media⁠(ku furmaa daaqad cusub) iyo everyone.ai⁠(ku furmaa daaqad cusub) si aan u wadaagno casharro iyo hab-dhaqanno wanaagsan.

Sanadkan, waxaan sidoo kale ku biirnay Family Online Safety Institute⁠(ku furmaa daaqad cusub) (FOSI), oo muddo dheer u doodayay waayo-aragnimooyin internet oo ammaan u ah qoysaska iyo dhalinyarada. Waxaan si wadajir ah uga shaqeyn doonnaa in dhalinyaradu ka faa’iidaystaan AI, iyadoo waalidiin awood leh iyo hab-dhaqan warshadeed oo mas’uul ah ay udub-dhexaad yihiin. Waxaan rajeyneynaa in iskaashigani gacan ka geysan doono horumarinta faham wadaag ah oo ku saabsan waxa shaqeeya, xoojinta ilaalinta ku habboon da’da iyo qalabka waalidiinta, iyo taageeridda dadaallada warshadda oo dhan ee u saamaxaya dhalinyarada inay AI uga faa’iidaystaan si ammaan ah oo mas’uuliyad leh.

Ilaalinta dhalinyarada marka ay internetka joogaan waxay u baahan tahay horumar joogto ah. Bilaha soo socda, waxaan sii wadi doonnaa xoojinta ilaalinta ku habboon da’da, siinta waalidiinta qalab iyo xakameyn dheeraad ah, hagaajinta badbaadooyinka ka dhanka ah waxyeellooyinka culus, horumarinta cilmi-baarista ku saabsan isticmaalka AI ee caafimaadka qaba, iyo dhisidda waayo-aragnimooyin badan oo ka caawiya dhallinyarada inay si firfircoon wax u bartaan oo AI ugu adeegsadaan kalsooni.

Waxaan ognahay inay jiraan wax badan oo la qabanayo, waxaana naga go’an inaan sii wadno shaqadeenna annaga oo la kaashaneyna dhallinyaro, waalidiin, barayaal, khubaro iyo bulshooyin dunida oo dhan ah si dhallinyarada loo siiyo helitaan ballaaran oo ammaan ah.