Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

15 Oct 2025

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🗣️ Post 1: Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

As posted by: tortilla  |  🔥 Points: 20

https://www.theverge.com/news/799312/openai-chatgpt-erotica-sam-altman-verified-adults

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is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI will soon allow “erotica” for ChatGPT users who verify their age on the platform. In an X post on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company will add support for mature conversations when it launches age-gating 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,” Altman writes. Earlier this month, OpenAI hinted at allowing developers...

🗣️ Post 2: ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults

As posted by: andsoitis  |  🔥 Points: 12

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd2qv58yl5o

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ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults, says OpenAI boss 10 hours ago Share Save Lily Jamali North America Technology Correspondent and Liv McMahon BBC Technology Journalist Share Save Reuters FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo OpenAI plans to allow a wider range of content, including erotica, on its popular chatbot ChatGPT as part of its push to "treat adult users like adults", says its boss Sam Altman. In a post on X on Tuesday, Mr Altman said upcoming versions of the popular chatbot would enable it to behave in a more human-like way - "but only if you want it, not because we are usage maxxing". The move,...

🗣️ Post 3: 'Under tremendous pressure': Newsom vetoes long-awaited AI chatbot bill

As posted by: voxadam  |  🔥 Points: 11

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/newsom-vetoes-ai-chatbot-bill-21099045.php

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🗣️ Post 4: Altman teases ChatGPT porn, personality

As posted by: delichon  |  🔥 Points: 11

https://twitter.com/sama/status/1978129344598827128

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🗣️ Post 5: Sexbots Are Coming to ChatGPT

As posted by: nutanc  |  🔥 Points: 6

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45587166

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So Sam Altman made a pretty long post[1] about how they are trying to bring "character" back into ChatGPT and ends by saying erotica is also up for grabs.

Personally, I think that was a pretty roundabout way of saying we are not making enough money as we should be able to and hence we are opening up the p*n floodgates.

Pretty quick turnaround from about 10 weeks back [2]

Some questions:

- So AI safety is not a problem anymore?

- Real name user checks will start on ChatGPT?

- What do we think will be the major changes in society about this.

1. https://x.com/sama/status/1978129344598827128

2. https://x.com/TolgaBilge_/status/1978151003170996332

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