Mint Explainer | When AI turns adult: the ethics of erotica in chatbots

OpenAI plans to permit erotic content for age-verified adult ChatGPT users, citing improved safeguards. Altman reasons that earlier limits tied to mental health concerns are no longer necessary. Part of his new rule is to treat adults like adults. Is this a sensible evolution, a risky gamble, or a move to monetize intimacy? Mint explains

Why is OpenAI relaxing the rules for adults?

On Tuesday, Sam Altman said on X that OpenAI had made ChatGPT “pretty restrictive” to carefully handle mental health concerns that…