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Retr0id 10 hours ago

Everyone's saying this is for advertising, but I don't think it is. It's so they can let ChatGPT sext with adults.

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rsync an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It’s worse than that.

They want to build “the scream room” from Frank Herbert’s _The Jesus Incident_.

There is immense power to wield over someone when you know what they did in the scream room.

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dragonwriter 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Its for both; the loosened guardrails around sex and the advertising roll-out are both explicitly for logged-in adults, and the age prediction is how they determine the logged-in user is an “adult”.

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tomasphan 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Agreed, see https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-allow-mature-content...

	▲	perihelions 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Discussed here at the time, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45604313 ("Chat-GPT becomes Sex-GPT for verified adults (twitter.com/sama)")

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samename 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Do you expect the data collected for age verification will be completely separate from the advertising apparatus? I would expect the incentives would align for this to enhance their advertising options.

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Retr0id 9 hours ago | parent [-]

I'll almost certainly get used for both, but I believe "adult content" is the primary motivator. If it was just for ads they wouldn't even bother announcing it as a "feature", they'd just do it.

Also:

"Users can check if safeguards have been added to their account and start this process at any time by going to Settings > Account."

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Jensson 9 hours ago | parent [-]

> If it was just for ads they wouldn't even bother announcing it as a "feature", they'd just do it.

Its a feature for advertisers, and investors also wanna know. Did you think you are the customer?

	▲	Retr0id 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		"you can target ads by demographic" is table stakes

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fakedang 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Exactly. Advertising will drive away users unless they are slowly trained into it, which will take time, time that Open AI doesn't have.

Meanwhile, the adult market is huge and sureshot revenue from a user base that is more likely to not mind the ads.