Critics slam OpenAI’s parental controls while users rage, “Treat us like adults”

“Treat us like adults,” users rage

On the X post where OpenAI announced parental controls, some parents slammed the update.

In the X thread, one self-described parent of a 12-year-old suggested OpenAI was only offering “essentially just a set of useless settings,” requesting that the company consider allowing parents to review topics teens discuss as one way to preserve privacy while protecting kids.

But most of the loudest ChatGPT users on the thread weren’t complaining about…