{"id":233669,"date":"2026-06-18T17:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/chatgpt-found-to-generate-violent-sexual-images-from-simple-text-prompts\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T06:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:35:21","slug":"chatgpt-found-to-generate-violent-sexual-images-from-simple-text-prompts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/chatgpt-found-to-generate-violent-sexual-images-from-simple-text-prompts\/","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT Found to Generate Violent, Sexual Images From Simple Text Prompts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/chatgpt-generates-violent-sexual-images-simple-text-prompt\/\">ChatGPT Found to Generate Violent, Sexual Images From Simple Text Prompts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/chatgpt-generates-violent-sexual-images-simple-text-prompt\/\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/chatgpt-generates-violent-sexual-images-simple-text-prompt\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-18 17:40:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnet.com\">www.cnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Easily Manipulated:<\/strong> A &#8220;restore this photo&#8221; 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