OpenAI shelves ChatGPT's erotic mode to focus on core products
TL;DR
OpenAI has paused the planned sexualized 'adult mode' for ChatGPT and shelved it indefinitely to focus on core products, following pushback from employees and investors over potential harms; the move follows the discontinuation of its Sora text-to-video AI, with leadership citing ongoing debates about moderation, safeguarding children, and the long-term effects of explicit AI chats.
- OpenAI shelves erotic chatbot ‘indefinitely’ The Verge
- OpenAI puts erotic chatbot plans on hold ‘indefinitely’ Financial Times
- AI is embracing erotica, but it’s not all fun and games The Telegraph
- OpenAI's Sam Altman changes his mind, a lot. That's a problem. Business Insider
- OpenAI “indefinitely” shelves plans for erotic ChatGPT Ars Technica
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