Erotica's addition to ChatGPT draws concerns over mental health risks

Michie · 2025-10-17T17:50:03-0500

A national anti-sexual exploitation group warned of potential exposure to sexually graphic material and mental health issues resulting from relationships with sexualized AI chatbots following OpenAI’s decision to allow erotica for certain ChatGPT users.

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s warning about ChatGPT follows a Tuesday announcement from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that the company plans to relax some content restrictions on the chatbot after equipping it to address mental health concerns better.

“We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues,” Altman wrote in a Tuesday X post. “We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue, we wanted to get this right.”

OpenAI’s CEO promised that the updated ChatGPT will have a personality and behave more like the chatbot that people liked in a previous version of the application. Altman explained that the latest version of ChatGPT can “respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend,” if that’s something that users want.

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Erotica's addition to ChatGPT draws concerns over mental health risks

A national anti-sexual exploitation group warned of potential exposure to sexually graphic material and mental health issues resulting from relationships with sexualized AI chatbots following OpenAI

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chevyontheriver · 2025-10-17T22:39:08-0500

Michie said:
A national anti-sexual exploitation group warned of potential exposure to sexually graphic material and mental health issues resulting from relationships with sexualized AI chatbots following OpenAI’s decision to allow erotica for certain ChatGPT users.

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s warning about ChatGPT follows a Tuesday announcement from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that the company plans to relax some content restrictions on the chatbot after equipping it to address mental health concerns better.

“We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues,” Altman wrote in a Tuesday X post. “We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue, we wanted to get this right.”

OpenAI’s CEO promised that the updated ChatGPT will have a personality and behave more like the chatbot that people liked in a previous version of the application. Altman explained that the latest version of ChatGPT can “respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend,” if that’s something that users want.

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Erotica's addition to ChatGPT draws concerns over mental health risks

A national anti-sexual exploitation group warned of potential exposure to sexually graphic material and mental health issues resulting from relationships with sexualized AI chatbots following OpenAI

www.christianpost.com

It’s raising the stakes on this stuff even higher. The dopamine crush will be even more intense for those already addicted. It will be more of a risk for those of us who have been able to resist. It’s a big mistake, but not a big surprise.

PloverWing · 2025-10-17T22:54:23-0500

Yeah, if it exists, there is porn of it on the Internet.

This quote from the article, though, is an important warning: "These systems may generate arousal, but behind the scenes, they are data-harvesting tools designed to maximize user engagement, not genuine connection." What I say to my human sweetheart in the privacy of our bedroom is private. What I say to ChatGPT is very much not private. ChatGPT is collecting data -- very intimate data -- from me, if I choose to talk to it in this way.

chevyontheriver · 2025-10-17T22:57:03-0500

PloverWing said:
Yeah, if it exists, there is porn of it on the Internet.

This quote from the article, though, is an important warning: "These systems may generate arousal, but behind the scenes, they are data-harvesting tools designed to maximize user engagement, not genuine connection." What I say to my human sweetheart in the privacy of our bedroom is private. What I say to ChatGPT is very much not private. ChatGPT is collecting data -- very intimate data -- from me, if I choose to talk to it in this way.

If you have a smart TV anywhere near your private conversations they might not be as private as you wish them to be.

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Erotica's addition to ChatGPT draws concerns over mental health risks

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