New content filters are crippling creative writting and narrative role-playing
OpenAI Developer Community
February 14, 2026
Now with 4o and 4.1 removed, the level of censorship is insane. The 5 series models can’t breath without hitting a safety filter. I have dozens of projects I can’t continue because I know that both 5.1 and 5.2 simply cannot write narrative fiction or dialogue that isn’t 100% sanitised for children.
I’m paying for a service that has been rendered functionally useless as a creative.
And the preambles and warnings and ridiculous nonsense. So much for treating adults like adults.
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