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ChatGPT added new parental controls to its popular AI chatbot platform.
The company has been accused of playing a role in teen self-harm, including suicide.
ChatGPT is world's most popular AI tool with over 700 million weekly users.
ChatGPT parent OpenAI shared details of new parental control tools for its popular AI platform following allegations that it and other AI chatbot systems have contributed to self-harm, even suicide, among teens.
Last week, the parents of 16-year-old Adam Raines filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its cofounder/CEO Sam Altman, alleging ChatGPT encouraged their son to take his own life.
Matt and Maria Raines, who live in California, included logs of their son’s interactions with ChatGPT in their suit, which accuses OpenAI of wrongful death, design