I'm confused. My kid does this on my ChatGPT account all the time. What is new here?

I cannot emphasize how good a teacher ChatGPT is, until it misinforms (and human teachers also do). And it also stays open to questioning without making the student feel stupid for asking. The good part is that ChatGPT will accept a mistake, but a human teacher will get annoyed.

The only thing I keep reminding my kid is to keep the BS detector on and verify everything that ChatGPT says and never trust it blindly. (feels too similar to the "don't talk to strangers" advice)

Unrelated - check with kids and teenagers. Once, a teen told me, "AI is a dark evil force," and it's what their teachers told them.