Tech Firms Pivot to Erotic Chatbots as Broad AI Vision Fades

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OpenAI will allow mature content for adults as erotic chatbots from firms like Joi AI and EverAI demonstrate significant profitability.This shift follows a year of uneven enterprise impact and growing concerns over non-consensual deepfakes and the emotional commodification of virtual partners.While Donald Trump restricts state-level AI rules, experts like Max Tegmark and Yann LeCun predict a 2026 dominated by world models and autonomous agents.
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