{"id":1023,"date":"2026-01-21T06:26:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/openai-is-launching-age-prediction-for-chatgpt-accounts\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T06:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:26:50","slug":"openai-is-launching-age-prediction-for-chatgpt-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/openai-is-launching-age-prediction-for-chatgpt-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI is launching age prediction for ChatGPT accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"

OpenAI is the latest company to hop on the bandwagon of gating access by users’ age. The AI business is beginning a global rollout of an age prediction tool to determine whether or not a user is a minor. \u201cThe model looks at a combination of behavioral and account-level signals, including how long an account has existed, typical times of day when someone is active, usage patterns over time,and a user\u2019s stated age,\u201d the company\u2019s announcement<\/a> states. If an individual is incorrectly characterized by ChatGPT as underage, they will need to submit a selfie to correct the mistake through the Persona age verification platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Most AI companies have been willing to push new features first and then attempt to layer on a patchwork of protections and safety guards on top of them after they cause harm. OpenAI was implicated in a wrongful death suit<\/a> for a teen who allegedly used ChatGPT to plan his suicide, and only in the following months began pondering automatic restrictions<\/a> on content for underage users and launching a mental health advisory council<\/a>. In this instance, OpenAI is attempting to prepare for the launch of an “adult mode<\/a>” that will allow users to create and consume content that would be dubbed NSFW. Considering how well a similar change<\/a> has been going over at Roblox, another platform with a shaky history around protecting minors, it seems probable that underage users will find ways to circumvent the existing tools if they want to use ChatGPT as adults.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/openai-is-launching-age-prediction-for-chatgpt-accounts-222650340.html?src=rss<\/p>

Please credit: OBA Blog<\/a> » OpenAI is launching age prediction for ChatGPT accounts<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OpenAI is the latest company to hop on the bandwagon of gating access by users’ age. The AI business is beginning a global rollout of an age prediction tool to determine whether or not a user is a minor. \u201cThe model looks at a combination of behavioral and account-level signals, including how long an account has existed, typical times of day when someone is active, usage patterns over time,and a user\u2019s stated age,\u201d the company\u2019s announcement states. If an individual is incorrectly characterized by ChatGPT as underage, they will need to submit a selfie to correct the mistake through the Persona age verification platform.\u00a0 Most AI companies have been willing to push new features first and then attempt to layer on a patchwork of protections […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}