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OpenAI shelves erotic chatbot ‘indefinitely’

OpenAI ​has paused plans to release a sexualized "adult mode" for ChatGPT, in its latest move to refocus on the company's core ​products. According to The Financial Times, the erotic chatbot has been shelved "indefinitely" after facing pushback from employees and investors due to the problematic and...

OpenAI shelves erotic chatbot ‘indefinitely’
Image: The Verge

OpenAI ​has paused plans to release a sexualized "adult mode" for ChatGPT, in its latest move to refocus on the company's core ​products. According to The Financial Times, the erotic chatbot has been shelved "indefinitely" after facing pushback from employees and investors due to the problematic and harmful ​effects sexualized AI ​content can have on society.

This decision comes in the wake of OpenAI also discontinuing its text-to-video AI platform Sora, citing "internal discussion about our broader research priorities." It's the latest side quest to be dropped by the company after CEO Sam Altman declared a "code red" in December, suggestin …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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