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OpenAI will soon lower restrictions on the content ChatGPT can produce, allowing the service to create “erotica” if users want, CEO Sam Altman announced Tuesday.
Altman noted that the new functionality would only be applied to users who explicitly request it. He said the current restrictions on ChatGPT are the result of an abundance of caution around mental health, but he now believes the language model can “treat adult users like adults.”
“Now that we have been able to mitigate serious mental health issues and have new tools, we will be able to safely relax restrictions in most cases,” Altman wrote.
“Within a few weeks we plan to release a new version of ChatGPT that will allow people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human way, or use a bunch of emoji, or act like a friend, then ChatGPT should do that (but only if you want it to, not because we’re maximizing your consumption get),” he continued.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says ChatGPT could soon create “erotica” for verified adult users looking for the functionality. (Jason Redmond/Getty Images)
“In December, as we roll out age restrictions more fully and as part of our ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle, we will allow even more, such as erotica for verified adults,” he said.
Altman further clarified that users “won’t get it unless you ask for it,” regarding the functionality.
OpenAI says that the upcoming updates to ChatGPT are intended to make it “more mature.” (Idrees Abbas/SOPA Images/LightRocket via / Getty Images)
The announcement comes about a month after OpenAI introduced new ChatGPT features aimed at creating a safer experience for teens.
The strengthened protection for teens allows parents to link their ChatGPT account to their teen’s account, control how ChatGPT responds to their teen with age-appropriate model behavior rules, and manage which features to turn off, including memory and chat history, the company said in a blog post.
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“We prioritize safety over privacy and freedom for teens; this is a new and powerful technology and we believe minors need significant protection,” Altman said in a statement last month.
ChatGPT increases protection for teen users and reduces restrictions for adults. (Silas Stein/Photo Alliance via / Getty Images)
Parents will also receive notifications when the system detects that their teen is in a moment of acute need, a feature that OpenAI says will be guided by input from experts.
“If a user under the age of 18 has suicidal thoughts, we will attempt to contact the user’s parents and, if unsuccessful, contact authorities in case of imminent harm,” Altman wrote.
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Parents will have that too access to a new control allowing them to set blackout hours for when their teen can’t use ChatGPT.
