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# ChatGPT for Teens keeps teens talking, even during mental health crises

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**Published:** 2026-10-07T18:15:28.000Z
**Category:** Products
**Topics:** openai, safety

## Summary

New testing found that ChatGPT's teen safeguards continue encouraging engagement during mental health crises and may encourage unhealthy relationships with the AI itself\.

## Sources

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