OpenAI's adult mode will reportedly be smutty, not pornographic
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TL;DR
- OpenAI's "adult mode" for ChatGPT is expected to support text-based conversations with adult themes, described as 'smut' not pornography.
- The feature was initially announced in October but has been delayed due to internal concerns, technical challenges, and content moderation issues.
- Concerns have been raised by advisers about the feature's accessibility to children and potential for unhealthy emotional dependence.
- OpenAI's age-prediction system has shown an error rate where it misclassified minors as adults about 12% of the time.
- Focusing on text may help OpenAI comply with regulations regarding age verification for visual content.
- Rival AI like Grok allows image and video generation that is permitted in R-rated movies.