Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon be sending text messages to verified adults

OpenAI will soon allow “eroticization” of ChatGPT users who verify their age on the platform. in Share X on On Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company will add support for mature conversations when it launches its age recognition system in December.

“As we fully roll out age recognition and as part of our ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle, we will allow more, such as verified adult erotica,” Altman wrote. Earlier this month, OpenAI was launched Hinted at allowing developers To create “mature” ChatGPT applications after it has implemented “appropriate age controls and verification”.

Besides adding “eroticism,” OpenAI also plans to release a new version of ChatGPT that “behaves like what people loved about 4o.” Just one day after making GPT-5 the default model that runs ChatGPT, OpenAI brought back GPT-4o As an option after people complained that the new model was less attractive.

OpenAI made ChatGPT “very restrictive to make sure we were careful with mental health issues,” Altman said, adding that the company realized this change made the chatbot “less useful/enjoyable for many users who don’t have mental health issues.” OpenAI ever since Launching tools for “better detection” When the user is in a state of mental disorder.

OpenAI Also announced Forming a council on “Wellbeing and AI” to help shape OpenAI’s response to “complex or sensitive” scenarios. The council consists of a team of eight researchers and experts who study the impact of technology and artificial intelligence on mental health. but, like Ars Technica PointingIt does not include any experts in suicide prevention. Many of them have called recently OpenAI to introduce additional safeguards for users who have suicidal thoughts

“Now that we can mitigate serious mental health issues and have new tools, we will be able to safely ease restrictions in most cases,” Altman wrote in his post on X.