OpenAI has put the kibosh on yet another project—at least for the time being. On Thursday, the Financial Times reported that the AI company would be “indefinitely” pausing plans to develop an “erotic” mode for ChatGPT.
The proposed “adult mode,” which CEO Sam Altman first floated in October, had inspired considerable controversy from tech watchdog groups as well as from OpenAI’s own staff. In January, a meeting between company executives and its council of advisors got heated, with one of the advisors cautioning that OpenAI could be in the process of developing a “sexy suicide coach,” The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
