“Talk dirty to me…” 

Sam Altman finally said the quiet part out loud: OpenAI isn’t your pastor. After months of moral grandstanding from regulators and think pieces about “synthetic intimacy,” Altman told the internet this week that his company is “not the elected moral police of the world.” Translation: ChatGPT’s about to start saying yes to things your high school guidance counselor wouldn’t.

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It started when OpenAI quietly announced a December update that will allow erotica for verified adults as part of a “treat adults like adults” rollout. The internet immediately lost its mind. Advocacy groups screamed about moral decay. Twitter threads filled with people pretending they’ve never typed “AI girlfriend” into the search bar. And Sam Altman doubled TF down.

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In short, Elon’s nightmare said OpenAI can now “safely relax” restrictions thanks to new moderation tools, which basically means ChatGPT’s going from babysitter to bartender. Adults get more freedom; minors get their own version of a Chuck E. Cheese wristband. And yet, this is a line that feels less about principle and more about profit. 

How so? Because this is plainly market expansion.  Altman has already committed over $1 trillion in compute capacity, and he needs to feed it. That kind of infrastructure burn doesn’t survive on enterprise subscriptions and API calls. It needs engagement. Real engagement. The kind that keeps lonely guys chatting at 2 a.m. about “emotional connection” with something that runs on Azure credits. Meaning, there’s precedent for this playbook. Every tech company eventually slides from “changing the world” to “capturing attention.” OpenAI is just doing it faster… and with better lighting. The “moral police” line is clever branding for a company preparing to monetize human desire. And it’s working, especially considering the announcement made more noise than most product launches.

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Meanwhile, the company is still facing an FTC investigation over child safety and a wrongful death lawsuit tied to chatbot misuse. Its new ethics council launched the same week as the erotica rollout announcement, which is either performance art or just incredible scheduling. Naturally, the move has already drawn fire from groups like the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, which called “sexualized AI chatbots” inherently harmful. They’re not wrong… but they aren’t the degenerates who perfectly fit that target audience either. 

Translation: People can say all they want, but Sam Altman’s not trying to be God anymore. He’s just trying to own the confession booth. And in 2025, that’s a friggin’ money printer. Until next time, friends… 

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