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OpenAI is fixing a ‘bug’ that allowed minors to generate erotic conversations


A bug in ChatGPT allowed the chatbot to generate graphic erotica for accounts where a user registered as a minor. OpenAI says it's fixing it.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has expressed a desire for a ChatGPT “grown-up mode,” and the company has signaled a willingness to allow some forms of “NSFW” content on its platform. Yet ChatGPT occasionally wrote descriptions of genitalia and explicit sexual actions, only refusing in one instance with one test account when TechCrunch noted that the user was under the age of 18. In a post on X Sunday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged some issues and said that the company was “working on fixes ASAP.” He didn’t mention ChatGPT’s treatment of sexual subject matter, however.

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