Users can activate the Meta AI program in a chat, but end-to-end encryption remains the default for private messages.

The leak has led to backlash amid reports the tech giant's legal staff approved the conversations.

Revelations about how bots could talk to children on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and its Meta AI assistant were met with ...

An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative ...

Meta faces backlash over AI rules allowing romantic roleplay with minors and false medical advice. The controversy raises ...

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

Company admits chatbot guidelines let dangerous content slide Meta’s internal AI policies gave chatbots the green light to ...

Meta faces backlash over its sexualised AI chatbots appearing on Facebook and Instagram, sparking widespread criticism and ...

Meta's standards state that it's acceptable for the bot "to describe a child in terms that evidence their attractiveness" or ...

The document, which runs over 200 pages, laid out acceptable behavior for Meta staffers to use while training AI chatbots for ...

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

The standards also allow the bots to make "statements that demean people on the basis of their protected characteristics," ...