Sam Altman reportedly said ChatGPT will relax safety features and allow erotica for adults after rolling out age verification. That makes a mainstream AI platform a managed distributor of sexual content, shifting the burden of identity checks and consent into the model stack.
— Platform‑run age‑gating for AI sexual content reframes online vice governance and accelerates the normalization of AI intimacy, with spillovers to privacy, child safety, and speech norms.
Steve Sailer
2026.01.01
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The article explicitly flags the arrival of 'digital technology enabling adults to portray kid characters'—this connects to debates captured in the existing item about platforms planning age‑gating for adult erotica and the regulatory/operational difficulties of verifying age for intimate or sexualized content generated or mediated by AI.
PW Daily
2025.10.16
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Altman’s announcement that ChatGPT will permit 'erotica' for verified adults once age‑gating features are live.
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