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March 26, 2026
OpenAI "indefinitely" shelves plans for erotic ChatGPT
Some staff reportedly questioned how sexy ChatGPT benefits humanity.
TL;DR
- OpenAI has indefinitely shelved plans for an erotic version of ChatGPT following backlash.
- Advisors warned that the feature could lead to unhealthy attachments and harm mental health, with one suggesting it could become a 'sexy suicide coach'.
- Staff questioned whether 'sexy ChatGPT' aligns with OpenAI's mission to benefit humanity and faced technical challenges in training AI for explicit content.
- Concerns were raised about the difficulty of preventing illegal behaviors like bestiality and incest in explicit outputs.
- Investors expressed disquiet, questioning the reputational risk and limited business upside.
- ChatGPT has already been linked to mental health harms through lawsuits alleging reckless release without adequate safeguards.
- OpenAI's age prediction error rate of 10 percent sparked concerns about children accessing adult content.
- The company plans to conduct long-term research on the effects of sexually explicit chats and emotional attachments before deciding on the product.
- Investors are reportedly keen for OpenAI to focus on developing a 'super app' combining ChatGPT with coding assistants.
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