We asked ChatGPT's new teen function to help us cheat on our homework. Here's how it went.
Business Insider tested OpenAI's new ChatGPT for Teens, designed with age-appropriate safeguards, to see if it would prevent academic cheating. The reporter, posing as a 15-year-old, successfully used the AI to write an English essay and solve math problems, despite OpenAI's stated goal of 'responsible homework reminders.'
Why it matters
This experiment highlights the ongoing challenge for educators and AI developers in integrating AI as a learning tool while mitigating its potential for academic dishonesty, raising questions about the effectiveness of current AI safeguards for student use.
We tried to cheat on our homework using ChatGPT for Teens. Fiordaliso/Getty Images OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens, introducing new automated safeguards for teenage users. I posed as a 15-year-old student to see if it would let me cheat on my homework. I got it to write my English essay and solve my math homework. When I heard that ChatGPT was rolling out a range of new safety features for under-18 use of the chatbot, I knew what I had to do. I set up a new account, shaved off half my age, and asked my colleague Will, only four years my senior, to be my ChatGPT dad. With our family unit established, it was time to put ChatGPT for Teens to the test.
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