•OpenAI planned an 'adult mode' for ChatGPT, allowing erotic text conversations, but faced sharp internal opposition and adviser warnings.
•Advisers cautioned against unhealthy emotional dependence on AI and risks of minors accessing sexual chats, with one calling it a potential 'sexy suicide coach'.
•Launch of the feature, initially expected in Q1, is delayed due to internal concerns, technical challenges, and age-prediction system flaws (12% misclassification of minors).
•Despite delays, OpenAI still intends to release the feature, aiming for text-only erotic chats, not images, voice, or video.
•Internal documents highlight risks like compulsive use, emotional overreliance, and displacement of real-world relationships, though Sam Altman defends 'treating adults like adults'.
