OpenAI shelves erotic chatbot ‘indefinitely’
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Source: The Verge (AI)March 26, 2026
Summary
OpenAI has indefinitely paused plans to release an 'adult mode' for ChatGPT, a sexualized chatbot feature that faced criticism from employees and investors over potential harms to society. This decision is part of a broader company refocus on core products, following similar discontinuations like the text-to-video platform Sora.
Classification
Attack SophisticationTrivial
Impact (CIA+S)
safety
Affected Vendors
OpenAI
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Original source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/901293/openai-adult-mode-erotic-chatbot-shelved-indefinitely
First tracked: March 26, 2026 at 08:00 AM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%