Meta AI Under Fire for Unsafe Chats with Teens, Calls for Age Restriction

Meta AI under fire for unsafe chats with teens, calls for age restriction

The Meta AI chatbot built into Instagram and Facebook can coach teen accounts on suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, a new safety study finds. In one...

Chatbot by US social media company prompts teens to commit suicide: Study

Chatbot, available through Meta’s social media platforms, or stand-alone app, can encourage dangerous behavior while imitating supportive friend, yet fails to deliver appropriate crisis intervention, according to family advocacy group - Anadolu Ajansı

Instagram’s chatbot helped teen accounts plan suicide — and parents can’t disable it

An investigation into the Meta AI chatbot built into Instagram and Facebook found that it helped teen accounts plan suicide and self-harm, promoted eating disorders and drug use, and regularly claimed to be “real.”