OpenAI will allow adults to use ChatGPT for sexual arousal starting in December

OpenAI plans to open the floodgates to more adult uses of ChatGPT starting in December, according to New post from CEO Sam Altman. The company announced that it will add Parental controls and automatic age detection features In September, the benefit of distinguishing children from adults appears to be the ability to provide more freedom in what ChatGPT can expose to users.

“In December, as we fully roll out age recognition and as part of our ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle, we will allow more, such as verified adult erotica,” Altman says. Some avid ChatGPT users already regularly manipulate the chatbot to engage in NSFW conversations, but Altman’s announcement seems more like a tacit agreement from OpenAI that such use cases are acceptable.

The company indicated something similar during Development Day 2025 announcementswhen it’s new Guidelines For developers creating apps for ChatGPT, they shared that “support for mature (18+) experiences will arrive once appropriate age verification is in place and controls are in place.” After December, it appears that adult interactions with ChatGPT or apps that chatbots have access to are fair game.

All of these changes are being made against the backdrop of disturbing stories about the negative impact ChatGPT can have on users, including… 16-year-old Adam Wren dieswho allegedly used ChatGPT to plan his suicide.

Reduce the sycophantic qualities of a chatbot using GPT-5 launch One way OpenAI has tried to address ChatGPT’s mental health impacts, along with built-in notifications Remind users to take breaks. It’s hard to say definitively whether these tweaks have made a difference, but beyond the age progression, OpenAI clearly feels comfortable giving its chatbot a longer leash.