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Rodika Candelatto by Pompeo Posar for Playboy's Girls Of The Adriatic Coast 1981
» Why Can’t ChatGPT Be Sexy? | Playboy investigates OpenAI's disastrous plans to become x-rated
Sam Altman’s idea of an “erotica” feature seemed riddled in uncertainty. Just a few months before the “erotica” feature announcement, Altman said on a podcast that he was proud of OpenAI for not getting “distracted” by adding features like a “sexbot avatar” to ChatGPT. In November, at a conference in San Francisco, he called the post promising it “one of my dumbest mistakes of the year.”
This internal incoherence about “adult mode” suggests to Julie Carpenter, a researcher who studies human attachment to robots and AI, that the company is grappling with an issue bigger than itself. “OpenAI’s reversal [of adult mode] is a public case study of what happens when you try to straddle both and you commit to neither,” she says. “It reflects a broader industry identity crisis.”
What AI safety and industry experts are certain about is the potential ramifications that an “erotica” feature could have on users—especially without the proper regulatory framework and safety research.
“[Adult mode is] obviously driven by a desperation to increase engagement,” says Catherine Bracy, CEO and co-founder of TechEquity. The two worked together years ago, and Altman told Bracy that OpenAI would not abandon its non-profit model in an interview for her book. OpenAI later adopted a for-profit structure. “Every feature addition that they’re making is made with a calculus of ‘how is this going to increase our bottom line?’”
Read now: https://www.playboy.com/read/politics/why-cant-chatgpt-be-sexy
Cheryl Petersen for Playboy's 1989 Women of Wall Street shoot
In August 1989, Playboy documented some of the beautiful women who donned shoulder pads every day on the trading floor. More than a novelty, though, television host Louis Rukeyser took the time to go long on women’s role in the New York Stock Exchange. This was decades before we had a term like “girlboss,” nevermind as a pejorative. Here still, though, is a refreshingly thoughtful and honest reflection about women’s role in what continues to be a male-centric field. “In the end, let us never forget what bright women have always known: Money is sexy,” wrote Rukeyser. “If it cannot buy happiness, at least it can make misery more entertaining. Women understand money for what it is: not as an extension of one’s masculinity, as wild risk-takers sometimes mistakenly assume, but as the stuff with which you buy things, including security.” These women weren’t just bold enough to work on Wall Street: they were bold enough to work on Wall Street and pose for Playboy. Talk about powerful.
— Magdalene J. Taylor, Senior Editor
See more now: https://playboy.substack.com/p/women-of-wall-street-1989
Shari Fierman for our Women of Wall Street, 1989 Playboy shoot
In August 1989, Playboy documented some of the beautiful women who donned shoulder pads every day on the trading floor. More than a novelty, though, television host Louis Rukeyser took the time to go long on women’s role in the New York Stock Exchange. This was decades before we had a term like “girlboss,” nevermind as a pejorative. Here still, though, is a refreshingly thoughtful and honest reflection about women’s role in what continues to be a male-centric field. “In the end, let us never forget what bright women have always known: Money is sexy,” wrote Rukeyser. “If it cannot buy happiness, at least it can make misery more entertaining. Women understand money for what it is: not as an extension of one’s masculinity, as wild risk-takers sometimes mistakenly assume, but as the stuff with which you buy things, including security.” These women weren’t just bold enough to work on Wall Street: they were bold enough to work on Wall Street and pose for Playboy. Talk about powerful.
— Magdalene J. Taylor, Senior Editor
See more now: https://playboy.substack.com/p/women-of-wall-street-1989
WNBA Star Kysre Gondrezick for Playboy
22 Butts to Get You Through Hump Day
The mid-week slump is real. To get you over the hump, we browsed our recent issue for some of the best rumps to grace our pages. From the inimitable August 2025 Playmate of the Month Mykeesha Nelson to July 2025’s Michelle Weisstuch, this buffet of backsides will carry you through to Friday. The weekend will be here before you know it.
See now: https://www.playboy.com/read/22-butts-to-get-you-through-hump-day/
August 2025 Playmate Mykeesha Nelson
The mid-week slump is real. To get you over the hump, we browsed our recent issue for some of the best rumps to grace our pages. From the inimitable August 2025 Playmate of the Month Mykeesha Nelson to July 2025’s Michelle Weisstuch, this buffet of backsides will carry you through to Friday. The weekend will be here before you know it.
See now: https://www.playboy.com/read/22-butts-to-get-you-through-hump-day/
China Lee, Playboy’s First Asian American Playmate (1964)
In her Playmate profile, China laid out a busy and full life, saying success came easy to her. “Despite the fact that I’m always on the go, success has come to me without my seeking it,” she said at the time. “I didn’t apply for my Bunny job; I was discovered in a New Orleans hairdresser’s shop.” She came from a family of 11, growing up in New Orleans with parents who held traditional values. “They speak the old language, read the old books, and follow the old customs,” China said. “In this sort of environment, the men dominate and females are forced into the background. I rebelled, and I’m glad I did.”
See more now: https://www.playboy.com/read/meet-china-lee-playboys-first-asian-american-playmate/