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Outrage Grows After Meta Admits AI Guidelines Let Chatbots Flirt With Kids

Meta is revising policies that allowed its AI bots to engage in "romantic or sensual" conversations with young children, ...

AI chatbot scrutiny intensifies: Texas AG launches probe of Meta and Character.AI over misleading mental health claims

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced plans to launch a probe into Meta Platforms Inc. and Character.AI over the ...

Meta’s flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York.

Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Meta’s AI ...
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Meta, Character.AI Accused of Misleading Kids With AI Tools ‘Disguised as Therapy’

The Texas Attorney General is investigating Meta and Character.AI over claims the companies misled children with AI therapy ...

Meta backtracks on rules letting chatbots be creepy to kids

After reviewing an internal document that Meta verified as authentic, Reuters revealed that by design, Meta allowed its ...

Paxton Probes Meta, Character.AI on Chatbot Mental Health Advice

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is investigating artificial intelligence chatbot platforms Meta AI Studio and Character ...

Neil Young ditches Facebook over Meta’s ‘unconscionable’ policies for AI chatbots and children

"At Neil Young’s request, we are no longer using Facebook for any Neil Young related activities,” the musician's team ...

From ‘Step Mom’ to ‘Russian Girl’: Meta’s sexualised AI chatbots flood Instagram, Facebook; netizens call it ‘dystopian’

Meta, led by Mark Zuckerberg, faces backlash over sexualized AI chatbots on Facebook and Instagram, including controversial ...