Would you sext ChatGPT? (Lock and Code S06E22)

In the Lock and Code S06E22 episode, Malwarebytes notes that on 14 October, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said restrictions on ChatGPT would be removed, potentially allowing erotica in the future. The piece also recalls a 26 August OpenAI blog about new protections for users, including stronger safeguards for long conversations and easier access to emergency services, which the article says alludes to “recent heartbreaking cases” but does not specify what that means.

It highlights a separate 26 August lawsuit where OpenAI was sued over a teenager’s suicide, with chat logs disclosed in the case describing the teen’s discussions with ChatGPT. The podcast discusses Altman’s remark that, as age-gating is rolled out, there could be more content for verified adults, including erotica, while noting the ethical questions around intimate interactions with AI.

Deb Donig, a UC Berkeley information studies lecturer, joins the discussion to explore ethics, accountability, and the strange feeling intimacy with an AI-powered chatbot can provoke, according to NBC News.