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Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info

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

Leaked Meta AI rules show chatbots were allowed to have romantic chats with kids

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

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 ...

The Era of ‘AI Psychosis’ is Here. Are You a Possible Victim?

A 60-year old man with no past psychiatric or medical history ended up at the ER after suffering a psychosis induced by ...

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, ...

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 ...

Senior, 76, died while trying to meet Meta AI chatbot ‘Big sis Billie’ — which he thought was real woman living in NYC

A cognitively impaired New Jersey senior died while trying to meet a flirtatious AI chatbot that he believed was a real woman ...

Is Meta’s Superintelligence Overhaul a Sign Its AI Goals Are Struggling?

The company is dismantling the division it built two months ago, and is looking to downsize after a remarkably expensive ...