OpenAI Will Allow Erotic ChatGPT Content for Verified Adults and Roll Out Personalization

Overview

• The company says adult-only erotic content will become available starting in December, contingent on new age controls.
• OpenAI has not provided details on the age-verification methods or any additional safeguards for adult content.
• CEO Sam Altman said earlier safety limits addressing mental-health risks made ChatGPT less useful for many users without such concerns.
• An updated ChatGPT will let users customize the assistant’s personality, including more human-like replies, heavy emoji use, or friendlier behavior.
• The shift follows stricter rules introduced after a teen suicide and an ongoing FTC probe, with a September experience redirecting users under 18 to age-appropriate content and work on age-prediction technology.