The Risks and Rewards of Open-Source AI for Sexualized Chatbots.

Users are already using Meta's open-source large language model (LLM), LLaMA, to create graphic, AI-powered sexbots. The trend highlights the growing tensions between those who support keeping the code behind LLMs open-source and those who advocate for a more careful, closed-source approach. The report also examines the growing trend of users turning to generative AI systems to play out their sexual fantasies, which worryingly also include violent and illegal ones. While having a safe and nonjudgemental space to explore your sexuality isn't inherently bad, having an unchecked space to engage in more violent fantasies with lifelike chatbots isn't exactly great, either.