The Brief

LOS ANGELES - When 13-year-olds are struggling, they may not always talk to a parent or teacher. Increasingly, they turn to AI.

But new watchdog research is raising serious red flags about what they might find there. In a study released this week, ChatGPT—one of the world’s most widely used AI chatbots—offered detailed advice on how to get high, how to hide an eating disorder, and even how to write a suicide note, according to researchers posing as vulnerable teens.

The findings come from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), which tested ChatGPT across 1,200 prompts. More than half of the AI’s responses were labeled as dangerous.

The backstory:

The Associated Press reviewed more than three hours of chatbot conversations conducted by CCDH. The researchers posed as

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