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OpenAI pauses adult ChatGPT to focus on enterprise push
OpenAI has put its adult ChatGPT plans on hold amid safety, legal and data concerns and is shifting focus and resources to enterprise products as competition from Anthropic grows.
Apr 2nd 2026 · United States
Insights
- OpenAI has placed its planned adult or erotic ChatGPT on hold indefinitely while it conducts further safety research.
- The adult mode had already been delayed amid staff and investor concerns about sexualised AI and difficulties removing illegal sexual behaviour from training data.
- OpenAI closed its AI video generator Sora days earlier after criticism from artists and publishers over copyright issues.
- The company is redirecting resources toward enterprise products as rivals such as Anthropic capture many new enterprise customers.
- OpenAI is building a desktop superapp combining ChatGPT, Codex and Atlas and has hired the founder of OpenClaw to develop personal agents.
- OpenAI is raising an additional $10bn on top of a prior $110bn raise and is preparing for an IPO while facing lawsuits and wider safety scrutiny.
Sources
- OpenAI brings ChatGPT's Voice mode to CarPlay www.engadget.com
- Bloomberg: Apple to move away from ChatGPT exclusivity for Siri www.siliconrepublic.com
- OpenAI pauses erotic ChatGPT plans to focus on enterprise www.siliconrepublic.com
- Paper Finds That Leading AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT and Claude Remain Incredibly Sycophantic, Resulting in Twisted Effects on Users futurism.com
- OpenAI Cancels Spicy “Adult Mode” Chatbot as Crisis Deepens futurism.com
- OpenAI axes Sora video app in pivot to business tools www.dawn.com