Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults (The Verge) [View all]

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https://www.theverge.com/news/799312/openai-chatgpt-erotica-sam-altman-verified-adults

OpenAI will soon allow “erotica” for ChatGPT users who verify their age on the platform. In an X post on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company will add support for mature conversations when it launches age-gating in December.

“As we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults,” Altman writes. Earlier this month, OpenAI hinted at allowing developers to create “mature” ChatGPT apps after it implements the “appropriate age verification and controls.”

OpenAI isn’t the only company dipping into erotica, as Elon Musk’s xAI previously launched flirty AI companions, which appear as 3D anime models in the Grok app.

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Altman said OpenAI made ChatGPT “pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues,” adding that the company realized this change made the chatbot “less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems.” OpenAI has since launched tools to “better detect” when a user is in mental distress.

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This is such bullshit. But then, what we hear from Sam Altman usually is. Including any claim from him that OpenAI has done much (if anything) to prevent the mental health issues they know their chatbots are causing.

Even though the AI companies are busy using circular financing to try to keep their AI bubble from bursting, they still want users who are addicted to their chatbots. This is an obvious attempt by OpenAI to lure in new users - and to cater to users who already love having a chatbot designed to be sycophantic tell them how smart, perceptive and creative they are, but would ALSO like it to tell them how sexy they are.