ChatGPT has delayed the roll out of its adult mode again: 'Getting the experience right will take more time'

• OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT adult mode is delayed again
• The update was originally planned to land in December
• OpenAI says there are higher priority upgrades to work on for now

It was last October when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman promised that ChatGPT would get an adult mode — for generating erotica and other kinds of similar content — but the original December launch window has passed, and now we're hearing that grown-up topics of conversation will be delayed even further.

An OpenAI spokesperson has told Axios (via TechCrunch) that the company is "pushing out" the adult mode launch to some unspecified time in the future. Right now, the spokesperson said, OpenAI engineers are working on "higher priority" updates.

Those priorities include intelligence upgrades, personality tweaks, and a "more proactive" attitude from ChatGPT. "We still believe in the principle of treating adults like adults, but getting the experience right will take ...