ChatGPT may soon require ID verification from adults, CEO says
On Tuesday, OpenAI announced plans to develop an automated age-prediction system that will determine whether ChatGPT users are over or under 18, automatically directing younger users to a restricted version of the AI chatbot. The company also confirmed that parental controls will launch by the end of September.
In a companion blog post, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the company is explicitly "prioritizing safety ahead of privacy and freedom for teens," even though it means that adults may eventually need to verify their age to use a more unrestricted version of the service.
"In some cases or countries we may also ask for an ID," Altman wrote. "We know this is a privacy compromise for adults but believe it is a worthy tradeoff." Altman admitted that "not everyone will agree with how we are resolving that conflict" between user privacy and teen safety.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/chatgpt-may-soon-require-id-verification-from-adults-ceo-says/Open linkView original on piefed.social
Unless they plan on releasing an uncensored model, the current model is already very sanitized. Am I missing something?
There was the scandal where ChatGPT supported a teenager's suicide so now they are trying to give it different modes for adults and underage people. They actually did imply the version for adults would be less censored than it is now.
With hundreds of millions of users who think they are speaking anonymously, imagine the kind of content streaming in to OpenAI.
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Imagine what Sam Altman thinks these days?
Oh wow. Their "system tracked 377 messages flagged for self-harm content" and they did not intervene or suspend the account? Why? They don't even allow me to write smut... Or I'm too stupid to coerce it into doing it. But self-harm is okay? And then the next step is collecting IDs? How about everyone gets 30 self-harm conversations before the account switches over to a safe mode... That'd be a very straightforward solution.
Yes. Yesterday's hot shit was to make everyone put in their phone number to sign up to stuff. Happens to be a nice long-living tracking ID. Today we're at outright showing IDs. And I guess there aren't many more invasive steps left after that. Unless they find a reason to install a camera in my bathroom or something... There's always a new bandwagon. Now it's age-verification. And I'm sure that's bound to destroy many more things we have when they roll it out to more services and countries.... Not that I think protecting children isn't a noble cause. But I highly doubt that's why they do it. It's more to normalize absolute control by big tech, abolishment of privacy... That's why they do it. And OpenAI is part of that. Fortunately I don't rely on their services, I'll just quit. But it's going to be a sad day once they do the same to my Google/Youtube account and a few other ones.
I mean it's super obvious that the process of showing an ID card into a camera is probably not going to stop someone from harming themselves... And if they cared for this teenager, well maybe they would have done something after the hundredth report? or the 200th? or the 300th?? Obviously there's already a system in place for this exact thing. But that might not be the goal here.
I'm a bit sad the article doesn't call them out for that and instead engages with OpenAIs (probably) fake arguments.
Wait until they require multiple biological samples for ID. That's the direction were headed in.
That'll kill that AI faster than if it were made from garlic-flavored yogurt. People hate ID checks online, and then they directly hate the corporation and product that requires it.
Greek yogurt with garlic is fucking delicious fyi
I can't wait to not give them my ID so I physically can't use it.
Now remove that ai nonsense from everything.
lol