OpenAI’s delayed ‘adult mode’ underscores the challenges of age-gating AI
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OpenAI referred Fast Company to a comment it gave to Alex Heath’s Sources newsletter saying it was pausing the feature to focus on improvements to ChatGPT, including “gains in intelligence, personality improvements, personalization, and making the experience more proactive.” (It also told Axios it needs more time. “We still believe in the principle of treating adults like adults, but getting the experience right will take more time,” the company said.)
OpenAI first hinted at the feature last October in an X post from CEO Sam Altman responding to questions about ChatGPT’s safety for underage users. “As we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults,” Altman wrote.
Adult mode depends on OpenAI’s new age-prediction and verification system, a homegrown AI model that estimates a user’s age based on prompts and media generated with tools like Sora.
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