← Back to PeopleAVJournalistAlex ValdesTechnology Reporter at CNETCNET journalist reporting on OpenAI shelving its planned erotic chatbot mode indefinitely.1Mentions1Articles1OutletsCompanies CoveredAnthropic1City of Baltimore1CNET1Financial Times1Google1OpenAI1The New York Times1xAI1Ziff Davis1ArticlesMost recent firstMentioned InReferenced in coverageOpenAI shelved its planned erotic chatbot modeCNETcautiousMar 27, 2026“CNET journalist reporting on OpenAI shelving its planned erotic chatbot mode indefinitely.”