New Delhi: OpenAI has quietly stepped back from one of its more controversial ideas. The company has decided not to move ahead with plans for an erotic chatbot, at least for now.
This decision comes at a time when AI companies are facing growing scrutiny. People are asking tough questions about how these tools should behave. Inside OpenAI too, there seems to be concern. Employees and investors are said to be uneasy about the impact of sexualised AI content on society.
OpenAI shelves adult chatbot plans
According to a report by the Financial Times, OpenAI has shelved plans to release an erotic chatbot indefinitely. The move follows internal discussions around risks linked to such content.
The report states that employees and investors raised concerns about how sexualised AI could affect users and wider society. That seems to have played a big role in the decision.
Sora project also dropped
There is another big shift here. OpenAI has also cancelled Sora, its text-to-video model. The company is now looking to focus on other research areas. It is also working on bringing more features together into a single super app.