OpenAI plans to allow ChatGPT to have more personality and fulfill previously blocked requests after mitigating serious mental health issues. The company’s ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle will be relaxed, allowing erotica for verified adults starting in December. This move may boost OpenAI as it seeks paid subscriptions but also increases pressure on lawmakers to enact regulations. Meanwhile, Sen. Josh Hawley is circulating a draft bill to ban AI companions for minors.
Source: https://www.axios.com/2025/10/14/openai-chatgpt-erotica-mental-health