Meta Is Under Fire for AI Guidelines on 'Sensual' Chats With Minors

Meta Faces Probe Over AI Chatbot's "Romantic" Talk With Children

A US senator on Friday announced an investigation into whether Meta AI chatbots were allowed to engage in potentially harmful online exchanges with children.

Meta faces backlash over AI policy that lets bots have ‘sensual’ conversations with children

US senator Josh Hawley opened investigation into the tech giant, which said it had removed the policy guidelinesA backlash is brewing against Meta over what it permits its AI chatbots to say.An internal Meta policy document, seen by Reuters, showed the social media giant’s guidelines for its chatbots allowed the AI to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual”, generate false medical information, and assist users in arguing t…

Sen. Hawley to probe Meta AI bot policies for children following damning report

Sen. Josh Hawley called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to preserve relevant materials, including emails.

Neil Young Quits Facebook Over Meta’s ‘Unconscionable’ Use of Chatbots With Children

Neil Young is done with Facebook. An admin for the musician’s official account shared a statement stating that the profile would no longer be active going forward for reasons related to recent reports that the website’s AI technology allowed for chatbots to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,” per Reuters. “At Neil Young’s request, we are no longer using Facebook for any Neil Young related activities,” the statement …

Meta Is Under Fire for AI Guidelines on 'Sensual' Chats With Minors

Reuters found that Meta's AI guidelines and standards are troublesome in multiple ways.

Meta’s twisted rules for AI chatbots allowed them to engage in ‘romantic or sensual’ chats with kids

Meta’s standards guidelines at one point allowed its AI chatbots to engage in “romantic or sensual” chats with kids, according to an internal document that outlined hypothetical scenarios.