OpenAI to allow erotic content on ChatGPT for verified adults: Sam Altman

OpenAI has announced it will ease restrictions on ChatGPT, including allowing erotic content for verified adults, as part of a new approach to “treat adult users like adults”. This marks a shift in the company’s policy, aiming to give users more control over how they interact with the tool.

CEO Sam Altman explained in a post on X that earlier safety measures, brought in to address mental health concerns had made ChatGPT “less useful / enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems”.

He added, “Now that we have been able to mitigate the…