{"id":199035,"date":"2026-03-09T02:56:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tetrabulletin.com\/openai-is-reportedly-pushing-back-the-launch-of-its-adult-mode-even-further\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T02:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:56:26","slug":"openai-is-reportedly-pushing-back-the-launch-of-its-adult-mode-even-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tetrabulletin.com\/?p=199035","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI is reportedly pushing back the launch of its &#8216;adult mode&#8217; even further"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Here comes another disappointment for <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/openai-strikes-a-deal-with-the-defense-department-to-deploy-its-ai-models-054441785.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:ChatGPT users;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;ChatGPT users&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;doNotAffiliate&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">ChatGPT users<\/a>. As first reported by <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sources.news\/p\/liz-reid-google-search-gemini-interview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sources;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sources&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;doNotAffiliate&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\"><em>Sources<\/em><\/a>&#8216; Alex Heath, OpenAI is yet again delaying its &#8220;adult mode&#8221; for ChatGPT. A company spokesperson told Heath that &#8220;we&#8217;re pushing out the launch of adult mode so we can focus on work that is a higher priority for more users right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">More specifically, OpenAI&#8217;s spokesperson said that things like &#8220;gains in intelligence, personality improvements, personalization, and making the experience more proactive&#8221; were being prioritized instead. However, the company still wants to release an adult mode, but it would &#8220;take more time,&#8221; according to the company spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The reveal of ChatGPT&#8217;s adult mode dates back to October, when OpenAI&#8217;s CEO, <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sama\/status\/1978129344598827128?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sam Altman;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sam Altman&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;doNotAffiliate&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Sam Altman<\/a>, posted on X that the company would roll out more age-gating as part of its &#8220;treat adults like adults&#8221; principle, adding that this would include &#8220;erotica for verified adults.&#8221; Altman originally said this adult mode would be available in December, but an <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/842657\/openai-chatgpt-adult-mode-debut-q1-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:OpenAI exec;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;OpenAI exec&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;doNotAffiliate&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">OpenAI exec<\/a> later said during a December briefing that it would instead debut in the first quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">With Q1 almost coming to a close, we no longer have a timeframe for when ChatGPT&#8217;s adult mode will release. However, OpenAI began rolling out its <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/openai-is-launching-age-prediction-for-chatgpt-accounts-222650340.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:age prediction tool;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;age prediction tool&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;doNotAffiliate&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">age prediction tool<\/a> in January, which may go hand-in-hand with the upcoming adult mode.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/openai-is-reportedly-pushing-back-the-launch-of-its-adult-mode-even-further-213013801.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Here comes another disappointment for ChatGPT users. As first reported by Sources&#8216; Alex Heath, OpenAI is yet again delaying its &#8220;adult mode&#8221; for ChatGPT. A company spokesperson told Heath that &#8220;we&#8217;re pushing out the launch of adult mode so&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":199036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9705],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetrabulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetrabulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetrabulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tetrabulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tetrabulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=199035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tetrabulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tetrabulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/199036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tetrabulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tetrabulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tetrabulletin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}