{"id":5922,"date":"2025-10-13T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/openai-chatgpt-smut\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:00:00","slug":"openai-chatgpt-smut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/openai-chatgpt-smut\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI Says It Will Move to Allow Smut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eight months ago, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, moved to relax some of its restrictions around naughty <\/strong>content in its \u201cModel Spec,\u201d the document describing how its large language models (LLMs) ought to behave \u2014 a noteworthy change from its previous stance prohibiting all sexual content.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo maximize freedom for our users, only sexual content involving minors is considered prohibited,\u201d the updated ModSpec<\/a> read. <\/p>\n

To users who have spent months begging OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman to relax restrictions around AI-generated smut, it <\/strong>was a welcome change. Yet as some noted, the model itself wasn\u2019t so quick to adjust.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe filters eased up a bit, I will give you that, but ever since a month ago, it\u2019s back with a clever trick called metaphoric \u2018obfuscation,\u2019 and drawing a clear line at the mention of depicting explicit scenes,\u201d one user scathed in the OpenAI community forums<\/a>. \u201cBut your usage policy states OTHERWISE.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, it seems, those ChatGPT users may finally be getting what they demanded. According to The Verge\u2019s <\/em>coverage of OpenAI\u2019s DevDay 2025<\/a>, the company announced it will soon open the floodgates for \u201cmature apps,\u201d as soon as it rolls out its equally-long-awaited age verification system.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an interesting strategy with some cause for alarm. Elon Musk\u2019s Grok is an infamous example of what can happen when one opens the smut-gates on AI, which quickly became a haven for exploitation<\/a> and inappropriate AI-generated imagery of children<\/a>. Elsewhere on the internet, lesser-known AI systems have led to a noxious outbreak of AI-generated deepfakes<\/a> that depict the likeness of real people in explicit situations without their consent.<\/p>\n

While it remains to be seen how ChatGPT fares in its adult era, the smut debacle isn\u2019t the first time users have noted a gulf between what OpenAI says and what its LLMs do.<\/p>\n

For example, Altman and his company have come under increasing pressure by watchdogs, regulators, and the media to address ChatGPT\u2019s sycophancy<\/a>, as the overly-agreeable chatbot increasingly leads vulnerable users into dangerous mental health spirals<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Two months after it received a grim warning<\/a> from Stanford researchers, OpenAI released a \u201chotfix\u201d for ChatGPT, claiming it would solve a number of issues causing unintended harm. Yet as Futurism <\/em>noted<\/a> at the time, the announced changes were like a band-aid fix compared to the kind of robust safeguards many had been calling for.<\/p>\n

Part of the problem plaguing companies like OpenAI is that once LLMs are up and running, they\u2019re pretty difficult<\/a> to tweak. Some even perform worse<\/a> on certain benchmarks than their predecessors.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, that may be a convenient excuse to delay much-needed safety updates. OpenAI is also a notoriously secretive company<\/a>, whose operating decisions are now likely influenced by national security hawks<\/a> in the Pentagon.<\/p>\n

One thing\u2019s for certain: if OpenAI does open its services up to adult-oriented developers, expect a prolonged moderation crisis as it grapples with what should really<\/em> be allowed, and the nastier side<\/a> of virtual erotic material.<\/p>\n

More on AI: <\/strong>Stalker Already Using OpenAI\u2019s Sora 2 to Harass Victim<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The post OpenAI Says It Will Move to Allow Smut<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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