Robbie Torney
Head of AI & Digital Assessments, Common Sense Media Youth AI Safety Institute · as of 2026-10-07 · source
Leads Common Sense Media's AI risk assessments for children; main spokesperson for its October 2026 'Unacceptable Risk' rating of OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens.
Robbie Torney leads AI and digital assessments at Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute, according to the Institute's About page; EdWeek and Mashable use the same title, while Futurism (Oct 7, 2026) calls him senior director of AI programs at Common Sense Media. With Dr. Jenny Radesky he wrote the Institute's Aug 18, 2026 post on what still needed testing in OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens (source), and he was a main spokesperson for its Oct 7, 2026 assessment rating the product an "Unacceptable Risk" (Futurism).
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- Common Sense Media rates OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens an 'Unacceptable Risk' and urges OpenAI to keep under-18s off ChatGPT ★★★
On Oct 7, 2026 Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute rated ChatGPT for Teens, which OpenAI launched on Aug 18, an "Unacceptable Risk" for all under-18s after testing more than 4,000 prompts before and after the launch. Parental alerts never fired during hour-long explicit self-harm chats…
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