US company Openai announced that it will incorporate a parental control tool in ChatGPT after parents in the US They accused this artificial intelligence application of encouraging their minor child to commit suicide.

“Next month, parents will be able to connect their account with that of their teenager” and “control the way Chatgpt answers”, According to the company’s announcement in a blog. The company noted that it would be possible for parents to be informed in the event of a “strong sadness” in the child’s discussions with the tool and to check the account parameters.

At the end of August, the parents of a 16 -year -old who committed suicide in Californiathey filed a lawsuit with Openai, accusing Chatgpt of providing their son detailed instructions to put an end to his life and encouraged him to apply them.

“We continue to improve the way our models recognize and respond to the signs of intellectual and mental pain,” the company said today, adding that other measures will be taken over the next 120 days. Some “sensitive discussions” will be referred to more sophisticated models of artificial intelligence, such as GPT-5-Thinking. These models follow and apply more systematic security instructions, he said.