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OpenAI says teens average under 15 minutes a day on ChatGPT

The figures come from OpenAI’s first report on ChatGPT for Teens, and no outside group has checked them. Child-safety groups say the average hides the heaviest users.

OpenAI published early figures on how teenagers use ChatGPT for Teens on October 7. It says teens spend under 15 minutes a day on average, and fewer than 2% spend more than three hours in a row. It also announced a College Planner. Child-safety groups say the numbers need independent checks.

ChatGPT gets GPT-6 and answers with charts and buttons

Paid users get GPT-6 Sol from October 7, and Free and Go users get GPT-6 Luna from October 8. A new feature called Intelligent UI lets answers include charts, forms and small tools.

OpenAI started bringing GPT-6 to the Chat tab of ChatGPT on October 7. Answers can now mix text with diagrams, buttons, forms and charts, a feature OpenAI calls Intelligent UI. ChatGPT can also start answering while it is still thinking. Nobody outside OpenAI has tested the new answers yet.

US launches America.gov, an AI chatbot for public services

It answers questions from about 29,000 government websites, using Google’s Gemini and Elon Musk’s Grok. Forms and applications are promised for early 2027.

The White House launched America.gov on September 29, a single website where people can ask about federal services in plain language. An AI chatbot answers from official government sources and points users to the right agency. An executive order makes the site the main online entry point for federal services, with forms and applications planned for early 2027.

California adds child-safety rules for chatbots and feeds

A new package requires stronger chatbot safeguards, bans some addictive feed features for users under 16, and adds child privacy rules. The next test is whether regulators can make the rules work in real products.