Appearing on Cleo Abram’s Huge if True podcast two months ago, Sam Altman was asked what cash-grabbing features OpenAI has avoided to not compromise the company’s values. “We haven’t put a sex-bot avatar in ChatGPT yet,” Altman smirked, an obvious jibe at Elon Musk and xAI’s erotic anime partner feature.
Fast-forward just one month and the founder of OpenAI has completely pivoted, announcing on X, “In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.” Merry Christmas one and all.
