It's only the latest of several side projects that the AI startup has ditched over the past week.
OpenAI abandons yet another side quest: ChatGPT’s erotic mode Lucas Ropek 11:34 AM PDT · March 26, 2026 OpenAI has put the kibosh on yet another project — at least for the time being.
On Thursday, the Financial Times reported that the AI company would be “indefinitely” pausing plans to develop an “erotic” mode for ChatGPT.
The proposed “adult mode,” which CEO Sam Altman first floated in October, had inspired considerable controversy from tech watchdog groups as well as from OpenAI’s own staff .
In January, a meeting between company executives and its council of advisers got heated, with one of the advisers cautioning that OpenAI could be in the process of developing a “sexy suicide coach,” The Wall Street Journal previously reported .
Amidst all of the criticism, the release of the feature was delayed multiple times .
FT notes that the erotic feature now has no timeline for release.
When reached for comment by TechCrunch, an OpenAI spokesperson said the company had “nothing further to add.”