OpenAI to Route Sensitive Chats to GPT-5, add Parental Controls

OpenAI to Route Sensitive Chats to GPT-5, add Parental Controls

OpenAI to route sensitive conversations to GPT-5, introduce parental controls OpenAI to route sensitive conversations to GPT-5, introduce parental controls as part of a broader push to make ChatGPT safer after recent incidents. The company says a new real-time router will detect high-risk contexts—like acute distress—and switch to a reasoning model designed to slow down, think deeper, and respond more helpfully. Parental controls will let adults link to a teen’s account and manage features. Image Credits:Fiordaliso / Getty Images What’s new Automatic model routing: Sensitive chats may be shifted to GPT-5-style “reasoning” models for more careful responses. Parental controls: Parents can connect to a teen’s account via email invitation and manage settings. Safety focus: Updates arrive amid concerns about long conversations drifting into harmful territory. Why this matters OpenAI to route sensitive conversations to GPT-5, introduce parental controls to address a known failure mode: chatbots tha…