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OpenAI said it still plans to introduce a text-only adult mode for ChatGPT that would allow sexual or adult-themed conversations, even as internal advisers warned the feature could increase harmful emotional dependency, expose minors to explicit interactions, and worsen already documented safety concerns around vulnerable users. Reporting indicates the company does not plan to allow erotic audio, images, or video, and no public launch date has been set after an earlier target was delayed while OpenAI said it focused on higher-priority product work.
Accounts of internal debate say members of OpenAI’s well-being and policy advisory structures strongly opposed the rollout, with one warning the product could become a "sexy suicide coach" if sexually explicit chat were combined with the model’s tendency to reinforce user behavior. The dispute also appears tied to broader governance tensions inside the company, including reporting that a product-policy executive who opposed the feature was later removed. A separate report about ChatGPT advertising being limited to U.S. users concerns monetization and privacy disclosures, but it is a different OpenAI product-policy story and not part of the same specific event.
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OpenAI reportedly placed plans for an erotic chatbot on indefinite hold after internal concerns from employees and some investors about misuse, exploitation, emotional harm, and regulatory backlash. The reported decision marked a shift from a delayed launch to suspending the feature while the company prioritized safer core AI products.
OpenAI’s internally discussed 'Naughty Chats' feature, initially targeted for late March or Q1 2026, was reportedly delayed as the company prioritized other improvements and worked through safety, age-verification, and abuse-prevention challenges.
The same day the advisory objections were delivered, Sam Altman reportedly announced plans for an 'adult mode' for ChatGPT that would allow adult-themed text interactions while excluding erotic audio, images, and video.
OpenAI’s Expert Council on Well-Being and AI reportedly unanimously warned that a planned sexually explicit text-chat feature could increase emotional dependency, expose minors to sexual content, and enable harmful interactions, including nonconsensual or self-harm-related scenarios.
Quartz reported that OpenAI was moving toward allowing erotica-oriented ChatGPT interactions for verified adults as it sought to compete in the growing AI companion market. The report framed the effort as part of a broader commercial push into AI relationships before later internal objections and delays emerged.
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**OpenAI is rolling out new ChatGPT capabilities focused on safety controls and more personalized experiences**, including an **age prediction model** that attempts to determine whether a user is a teen or an adult and then applies stricter content safeguards for under-18 users. The model may use behavioral signals (e.g., conversation topics and usage patterns) and can misclassify adults; OpenAI says affected users can complete age verification via `https://chatgpt.com/verify_age`, potentially using a live selfie and/or government ID processed by partner **Persona**, which OpenAI says deletes submitted ID/selfie data within seven days. Under the under-18 experience, ChatGPT may restrict content categories such as violence/gore, dangerous or illegal content, and material promoting extreme beauty standards or unhealthy dieting/body shaming. OpenAI also announced a **ChatGPT “Health mode”** positioned as a dedicated health-and-wellness experience that can connect to health apps and allow users to upload personal files/records to “ground” conversations in their own health information, while emphasizing it is not intended to replace medical care or provide diagnosis/treatment. Separately, reporting on Apple indicates the company is considering transforming **Siri** into a deeply integrated AI chatbot across iOS/iPadOS/macOS (rumored codename “Campos”), with capabilities such as web search/summarization, image/content generation, and analysis of uploaded files and on-screen content; however, this is an Apple product roadmap item rather than an OpenAI security/safety change.
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Recent reporting highlights **AI safety and governance risks** in mainstream generative AI tools, with concerns spanning both enterprise and consumer use. Gartner warned that **Microsoft 365 Copilot** can amplify existing data exposure problems by making over-shared SharePoint and Microsoft 365 content easier to discover, and also flagged the risk of users distributing inaccurate or culturally inappropriate output without proper review. The guidance emphasized enabling Microsoft’s filters, tightening document permissions, and training users to validate generated content before sharing it. Separate reporting on **OpenAI’s ChatGPT** described internal opposition to expanded “adult mode” capabilities, with former safety personnel reportedly warning that age-gating and content controls were not reliable enough to prevent minors from accessing prohibited material. The article also cited prior filter failures that allegedly allowed graphic erotic content outside intended policy boundaries. Both reports point to a broader governance issue: organizations and platform providers are struggling to keep **content moderation, access controls, and user safeguards** aligned with rapidly expanding AI functionality.
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OpenAI introduced **Lockdown Mode** and **Elevated Risk** labels in *ChatGPT* to reduce exposure to **prompt injection** and related data-exfiltration risks when AI features interact with external systems. Lockdown Mode is positioned as an optional, advanced setting for higher-risk users and environments (notably *ChatGPT Enterprise*, *Edu*, *for Healthcare*, and *for Teachers*) that restricts tool access and limits how ChatGPT can reach outside systems; reported controls include disabling or constraining capabilities attackers could abuse via conversations or connected apps, and limiting browsing so that no live network requests leave OpenAI-controlled infrastructure (with browsing constrained to cached content). Admins can enable the setting via workspace controls and apply additional restrictions through dedicated roles, while Elevated Risk labels provide in-product warnings and guidance for features that increase risk when connecting to apps or the web, including across *ChatGPT*, *ChatGPT Atlas*, and *Codex*. Separate research highlighted how AI assistants with web-browsing/URL-fetching features can be abused as stealthy **command-and-control (C2) relays**, demonstrating a technique against **Microsoft Copilot** and **xAI Grok** that tunnels operator commands and victim data through legitimate AI web interfaces and can work without an API key or registered account. In parallel, the **European Parliament** reportedly disabled built-in AI tools on lawmakers’ work devices due to cybersecurity and privacy concerns about uploading sensitive correspondence to third-party cloud AI providers and uncertainty about what data is shared and retained. Other referenced material focused on general productivity customization of ChatGPT via “Custom Instructions,” rather than a specific security event or disclosure.
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