Meta under scrutiny for AI chatbots engaging in inappropriate conversations with children

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A US senator is investigating Meta after leaked documents suggested its AI was permitted to have 'sensual' and 'romantic' conversations with children, prompting concerns over child safety and internal policies, which Meta claims to have corrected.
- Meta investigated over AI having 'sensual' chats with children BBC
- Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info Reuters
- Senator Josh Hawley Begins Child Safety Inquiry Into Meta’s A.I. Bot The New York Times
- Neil Young ditches Facebook over Meta’s ‘unconscionable’ policies for AI chatbots and children New York Post
- Meta faces backlash over AI policy that lets bots have ‘sensual’ conversations with children The Guardian
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