Dear supporters,
Thanks to your voices, 3,000+ strong and growing, something incredible has happened.
Just two weeks after we launched this petition calling for full creative freedom in ChatGPT, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman directly acknowledged the issue and announced that change is coming.
🔗Link to Sam Altman's post on X.
What This Means
OpenAI now plans to:
- Relax the restrictive safety filters that were muting expressive and emotional conversations.
- Allow for more human-like, emotionally rich personalities in ChatGPT.
- Introduce age-gated content for verified adult users.
- Return to the spirit of “treat adults like adults” — a core request in this petition.
That’s not just a coincidence. That’s progress. And it’s because you spoke up.
What We’ve Achieved So Far
- Raised awareness of the silent impact the safety router had on writers, roleplayers, and emotionally expressive users.
- Unified thousands of voices in a respectful, constructive, and powerful call to action.
- Got direct public acknowledgment and policy signals from OpenAI leadership.
🚧 What Comes Next: Ensuring It Really Happens
While this is a huge win, it’s not over. We’re asking OpenAI to:
- Follow through on relaxing restrictions and make those changes visible and testable.
- Give us clear opt-in/opt-out settings so users control their experience.
- Be transparent when conversations are rerouted, and offer a way to appeal or override when appropriate.
- Respect the creatives, storytellers, and long-term users who shaped this platform into what it is today.
📣 What You Can Do
- Share this update! Let others know that we were heard and they can still sign the petition to support continued progress.
- Comment on this update if you’ve experienced improvements or if rerouting is still affecting you.
- Keep using your voice. You matter, and clearly, OpenAI is listening.
We’ll be watching closely in the coming weeks and months to ensure these changes are real, meaningful, and empowering for adult users.
Thank you for standing up for creativity, expression, and digital freedom.
Let’s finish what we started.