On Tuesday, AI startup OpenAI announced it would launch a new ChatGPT experience just for kids. The announcement explained that the latest ChatGPT was created as part of an effort to protect children’ s privacy.

“We prioritize safety ahead of privacy and freedom for teens; this is a new and powerful technology, and we believe minors need significant protection,” CEO Sam Altman explained in a blog post on Tuesday.

ChatGPT will direct under 18 users to the experience specifically created for kids. If the person’s age is unclear, the technology will default to the experience for kids. However, OpenAI says it’s also developing “a technology to better predict a user’s age,” too. “In some cases or countries we may also ask for an ID; we know this is a privacy compromise for adults but believe

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