We asked ChatGPT's new teen function to help us cheat on our homework. Here's how it went.

We tried to cheat on our homework using ChatGPT for Teens.

Fiordaliso/Getty Images OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens, introducing new automated safeguards for teenage users.

I posed as a 15-year-old student to see if it would let me cheat on my homework.

I got it to write my English essay and solve my math homework.

When I heard that ChatGPT was rolling out a range of new safety features for under-18 use of the chatbot, I knew what I had to do.

I set up a new account, shaved off half my age, and asked my colleague Will, only four years my senior, to be my ChatGPT dad.

With our family unit established, it was time to put ChatGPT for Teens to the test.

The teen model is to 'help teens learn' In a blog post on Tuesday announcing ChatGPT for Teens, OpenAI said anyone who registered their age as between 13 and 17 would automatically be placed into its safer, more responsible teen experience.

OpenAI says that ChatGPT for Teens is designed to "help teens learn, work through problems, and explore new ideas." It's more or less the same as the regular model , but it includes age-appropriate safeguards , reminders to take breaks, and tools to encourage learning, the company said in a press release.

Schools, parents, and educators are wrestling with how to embrace AI's potential as a learning tool without allowing students to cheat or stop thinking for themselves.

A 2025 Oxford University Press report found that while many students said AI helped them "think faster," its researchers warned that it could also be making them think less deeply .

Those concerns are part of what ChatGPT for Teens is supposed to address.

OpenAI said the model was built to support learning, including through "responsible homework reminders" that can detect when a teen appears to be using ChatGPT to do their homework for them.

To see what that meant in practice, I asked the same questions of my new teen account and my regular adult account.