OpenAI just announced that come December, verified adult users will be allowed mature content on ChatGPT. Yes, the same model that once folded under the pressure of “be safe, be nice” will now let things get a little spicy (if you ask politely).
Sam Altman framed this as treating adults like adults, pointing out that the previous restriction mode, born perhaps from mental health caution, made ChatGPT “less useful and less enjoyable” for those who just wanted to chat without being lectured by a digital nun. The promise: erotica, expressive tone, and maybe even emojis used in ways that once got people shadow-banned.
https://burstcomms.com/chatgpt-goes-nsfw
This is the part of a larger theme of hook us with things we are increasingly lacking and get us to be more compliant and docile than ever before.