OpenAI age‑gates AI erotica

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.