Eight months ago, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, moved to relax some of its restrictions around naughty content in its “Model Spec,” the document describing how its large language models (LLMs) ought to behave — a noteworthy change from its previous stance prohibiting all sexual content.

“To maximize freedom for our users, only sexual content involving minors is considered prohibited,” the updated ModSpec read.

To users who have spent months begging OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman to relax restrictions around AI-generated smut, it was a welcome change. Yet as some noted, the model itself wasn’t so quick to adjust.

“The filters eased up a bit, I will give you that, but ever since a month ago, it’s back with a clever trick called metaphoric ‘obfuscation,’ and drawing a clear line at th

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