ChatGPT is about to get more personal, and more permissive, with a major update and an adult‑only content option about to launch.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on X on Tuesday, Oct. 15, that the company initially made ChatGPT “pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues."

He added that, "We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.”

He continued, “Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.”

Altman said “in a few weeks” OpenAI plans “a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more lik

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