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Fortune
Eva Roytburg

Mark Cuban warns that OpenAI’s new plan to allow adults-only erotica in ChatGPT could ‘backfire. Hard’

Mark Cuban speaks onstage during Global Citizen NOW at Hudson’s Detroit on July 10, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. (Credit: Jeff Schear—Getty Images for Global Citizen)

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban is warning that OpenAI is walking into a massive trust crisis with parents and schools after CEO Sam Altman announced the company plans to begin allowing erotica in ChatGPT for “verified adults” starting in December.

Cuban called the move reckless and said parents will abandon ChatGPT the second they believe their kids could bypass the company’s age-verification system to access inappropriate content.

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