{"slug": "chatgpt-to-stop-responding-to-teens-in-human-voice", "title": "ChatGPT to stop responding to teens in human voice", "summary": "OpenAI will stop ChatGPT from responding to teenage users in a human-like voice, a change the company said was not prompted by any specific incident of children believing the AI is alive. The adjustment affects the AI chatbot's voice mode for users under 18.", "body_md": "# ChatGPT to stop responding to teens in human voice\n\nSource:\n\n[BBC Technology](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology)[OpenAI](/glossary/openai)insisted this was not in response to a particular issue with children believing\n\n[ChatGPT](/compare/chatgpt-vs-claude)to be alive.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-to-stop-responding-to-teens-in-human-voice", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/chatgpt-to-stop-responding-to-teens-in-human-voice-50ju", "published_at": "2026-08-18 11:26:26+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 12:11:55.331458+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "ChatGPT", "BBC Technology"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-to-stop-responding-to-teens-in-human-voice", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-to-stop-responding-to-teens-in-human-voice.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-to-stop-responding-to-teens-in-human-voice.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-to-stop-responding-to-teens-in-human-voice.jsonld"}}