“The company’s age-prediction system was misclassifying under-18 users as adults about 12% of the time.”
OpenAI wanted to add an erotic mode to ChatGPT. Their age verification system fails 12% of the time. ChatGPT has 100 million weekly users under 18. All eight mental health advisers voted unanimously against it. OpenAI shelved the feature. The fact that it got this far before anyone said “maybe not” tells you everything about the company’s priorities.