--- title: "OpenAI Exploring How to Make AI-Generated Porn" description: "OpenAI, the maker of DALL-E and ChatGPT, is leaving the door open for its AI models to be used to produce NSFW content." date: "2024-05-08" modified: "2024-05-08" authors: - name: "Jon Christian" job_title: "Executive Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jonc" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-exploring-ai-porn" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "OpenAI" tags: - "artificial intelligence" - "OpenAI" - "porn" - "the digest" --- # OpenAI Exploring How to Make AI-Generated Porn ![OpenAI, the maker of DALL-E and ChatGPT, is leaving the door open for its AI models to be used to produce NSFW content.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Model Behavior OpenAI's public-facing products — like its smash hit text generator ChatGPT and its formidable image generator DALL-E — are notorious prudes: ask them for anything NSFW, and they demure. But it sounds like that might not always be the case. As [spotted by *Wired*](), the company's [newly-released "model spec]()" — basically draft documentation about how the company's AI should behave — notes that OpenAI's creations aren't currently allowed to cook up smut, but leaves the door open for that to change in a "commentary" note. "We're exploring whether we can responsibly provide the ability to generate NSFW content in age-appropriate contexts through the API and ChatGPT," it reads. "We look forward to better understanding user and societal expectations of model behavior in this area." ## Smut Shaming Despite OpenAI's best efforts, sex *has* been a key area of experimentation in AI so far. We've seen people having [naughty chats]() and even [romantic relationships with AIs]() — including [those developed by OpenAI](), despite its best efforts — as well as sites that [generate prurient imagery]() and so-far-mostly-horrifying efforts in the [domain of video as well](). In practice, the results are often ethically messy. Police have investigated multiple incidents in which nude images of students were circulated around [middle]() and [high schools](), and celebrities have been targeted with [sexualized AI-generated deepfakes](). And all the usual critiques of AI apply as much as ever: if you generate NSFW content using an AI system, doesn't it feel invasive of all the people who didn't consent to be included in the model's training data? The OpenAI insiders tasked with figuring out how its various AI systems should behave are no doubt keenly aware of all that context and critique, hence the very careful phrasing of the commentary note. Making the whole topic feel much more imminent is OpenAI's [currently-unreleased video generator Sora](), which can cook up convincing synthetic footage (asked whether the software would be allowed to generate nude video a few months ago, OpenAI's chief technology officer [said she was]() "not sure.") One thing's for sure: regardless of whether OpenAI gets on board, porn is likely to be a driving force behind the AI industry. **More on AI porn:** [*Are We Ready For This Site's Endless Feed of AI-Generated Porn?*]() ## Author I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself. My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more. I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()