OpenAI's First Device Looks Like a Donut and ChatGPT for Teens Bans Emotional Dependence

OpenAI's first device looks like a donut with a microphone in it. ChatGPT for Teens is banned from implying it has feelings. Neither is a joke. OpenAI's teen safety update and its first piece of hardware landed in the same week, and they point the same direction. ChatGPT for Teens routes users that OpenAI's age prediction system reads as minors into a restricted version that, per the company's own announcement, should not use romantic language, encourage emotional dependence, or imply that it has feelings, consciousness, or emotional experiences. Hunter Powers and Daniel Bishop read the line o