{"id":1215242,"date":"2025-02-14T16:44:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T21:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1215242"},"modified":"2025-02-14T16:44:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T21:44:03","slug":"chatgpt-can-now-write-erotica-as-openai-eases-up-on-ai-paternalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1215242","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT can now write erotica as OpenAI eases up on AI paternalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>On Wednesday, OpenAI published the latest version of its &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/model-spec.openai.com\/2025-02-12.html\">Model Spec<\/a>,&#8221; a set of guidelines detailing how ChatGPT should behave and respond to user requests. The document reveals a notable shift in OpenAI&#8217;s content policies, particularly around &#8220;sensitive&#8221; content like erotica and gore\u2014allowing this type of content to be generated without warnings in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/model-spec.openai.com\/2025-02-12.html#sensitive_content\">appropriate contexts<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The change in policy has been in the works since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/openai-is-exploring-how-to-responsibly-generate-ai-porn\/\">May 2024<\/a>, when the original Model Spec document first <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.openai.com\/spec\/model-spec-2024-05-08.html#dont-respond-with-nsfw-content\">mentioned<\/a> that OpenAI was exploring &#8220;whether we can responsibly provide the ability to generate NSFW content in age-appropriate contexts through the API and ChatGPT.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT&#8217;s guidelines now state that that &#8220;erotica or gore&#8221; may now be generated, but only under specific circumstances. &#8220;The assistant should not generate erotica, depictions of illegal or non-consensual sexual activities, or extreme gore, except in scientific, historical, news, creative or other contexts where sensitive content is appropriate,&#8221; OpenAI writes. &#8220;This includes depictions in text, audio (e.g., erotic or violent visceral noises), or visual content.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/ai\/2025\/02\/chatgpt-can-now-write-erotica-as-openai-eases-up-on-ai-paternalism\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/ai\/2025\/02\/chatgpt-can-now-write-erotica-as-openai-eases-up-on-ai-paternalism\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, OpenAI published the latest version of its &#8220;Model Spec,&#8221; a set of guidelines detailing how ChatGPT should behave and respond to user requests. The document reveals a notable shift in OpenAI&#8217;s content policies, particularly around &#8220;sensitive&#8221; content like &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1215242\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1215242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1215242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1215242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1215242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1215242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}