ChatGPT Will Get Parental Controls and New Safety Features, OpenAI Says NYT | Top Stories By: Kashmir Hill 3 September 2025 at 05:46 After a California teenager spent months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life, OpenAI said it would introduce parental controls and better responses for users in distress. © Mike Kai Chen for The New York TimesSam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, which has 700 million users.