In October 2025, Sam Altman announced that OpenAI will be enabling erotic and adult content on ChatGPT by December of this year. They had pulled back, he said, out of concern for the mental health problems associated with ChatGPT use. In his opinion, those issues had been largely resolved, and the company is not the “elected moral police of the world,” Altman said.

Using AI to deliver sexual content is not exactly new. AI companion apps like Replika have enabled, then disabled, then enabled "erotic role play" for its millions of users, and Elon Musk's sexually explicit chatbots released in July allow users to toggle between two flirtatious female modes—"sexy" and "unhinged." Sexual engagement is gamified on many of these platforms—the more you interact, the spicier the content gets.

Earlier this year, adult content company Strike 3 sued Meta for allegedly illegally downloading 2,400 adult films to train their algorithms. Meta denies the allegations, but given that their chatbot was criticized for allowing adult conversations with minors earlier this year, it would not be surprising to learn that Meta was also hoping to be........

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