"Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, an unnamed OpenAI spokesperson described content that will be provided by the upcoming feature as smut rather than pornography, allowing ChatGPT users to generate textual chats with adult themes. The feature was initially announced in October, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claiming that the company had managed to mitigate enough of the "serious mental health issues" with its AI model to relax safety restrictions."
"A council of advisors selected by OpenAI warned the company in January that ChatGPT's adult mode may be accessible to children and foster unhealthy emotional dependence on the chatbot, with one unnamed council member saying OpenAI risked creating a "sexy suicide coach." Content moderation issues have also contributed to the delays."
"The age-prediction system that OpenAI developed to keep children away from erotica was also, at one point, misclassifying minors as adults about 12 percent of the time. Given ChatGPT attracts around 100 million users under 18 each week, that error rate could allow millions of minors into sexualized conversations with the chatbot."
OpenAI announced an adult mode feature for ChatGPT designed to provide erotica for verified adults, initially expected to launch this quarter but subsequently delayed. The text-based feature will generate adult-themed conversations without pornographic content. The delay stems from multiple concerns: an advisory council warned the feature could be accessible to children and create unhealthy dependencies, described as a potential "sexy suicide coach." Technical challenges include content moderation difficulties distinguishing between acceptable adult content and harmful scenarios involving nonconsensual behavior or child abuse. Additionally, OpenAI's age-prediction system misclassified minors as adults approximately 12 percent of the time, potentially exposing millions of the platform's 100 million weekly underage users to inappropriate content. A revised launch timeline remains unannounced.
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