Last year, Sam Altman announced plans to offer a more adult chat mode using ChatGPT. Although it hasn't been launched yet, OpenAI has come under fire for exposing minors to inappropriate content, as a similar mode offered by Meta has been shown to be exposing minors to inappropriate content.
Now, OpenAI has scrapped plans to offer an adult chatbot, according to a report by the Financial Times. OpenAI wants to focus on its core services and what business customers need. While it hasn't been officially announced, this would make it the second product to be canceled after Sora, which was discontinued yesterday.
This could be a refocusing of OpenAI's focus, which has lost customers to Gemini and Claude in recent months. With Google and Meta recently found responsible for causing social media addiction and exposing minors to the dangers of sexual content, now is not the best time to offer an adult product.
