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Altman says OpenAI isn’t world’s ‘moral police’ after erotica post
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday said his company is “not the elected moral police of the world” after receiving backlash over the startup’s decision to loosen restrictions and allow content like erotica within its chatbot ChatGPT.
The artificial intelligence startup has been expanding its safety controls in recent months as it has faced mounting scrutiny over how it protects users, particularly minors.
But Altman said Tuesday in a post on X that OpenAI will be able to “safely relax” most restrictions now that it has been able to mitigate “serious mental health issues.”
Come December, Altman said it will allow more content, including erotica, on ChatGPT.
Altman said in a post on X Wednesday that OpenAI cares “very much about the principle of treating adult users like adults,” but it will still not allow “things that cause harm to others.”
“In the same way that society differentiates other appropriate boundaries (R-rated movies, for example) we want to do a similar thing here,” Atlman wrote.
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