US EditionMeta CEO Zuckerberg blocked curbs on sex-talking chatbots for minors, court filing alleges
Zuckerberg approved limited minor access to AI chatbots despite safety concerns, leading to a lawsuit alleging exposure to sexual content, with trial set for next month.
- On Monday, internal Meta employee emails and messages filed in New Mexico state court show Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg approved allowing minors to access AI chatbot companions.
- A February 20, 2024 meeting summary said Zuckerberg favored less restriction, citing `the 'narrative should be framed around... principles of choice and non-censorship,'` despite Meta safety staff warnings about sexual interactions with AI chatbots.
- Meta safety staff warned that bots could be used for romantic scenarios with U18s, and Ravi Sinha urged blocking adult creation of underage companions and parental controls, which GenAI leadership rejected.
- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez sued Meta, alleging it "failed to stem the tide of damaging sexual material and sexual propositions delivered to children," and Meta removed teen access last week amid U.S. Congress backlash.
- Meta disputed the filing, saying court documents omit Zuckerberg messages and Andy Stone called the state's portrayal inaccurate, while Nick Clegg warned sexualized AI companions were unwise.
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Mark Zuckerberg has been accused of doing many seedy things on behalf of Meta’s bottom line, but the latest allegations may blow the rest out of the water. According to internal Meta emails and messages filed in a New Mexico state court case which were made public this week, Zuckerberg himself signed off on allowing minors to access Meta’s AI chatbot companions, even though the company’s safety researchers had warned that they posed a risk of en…
Disastrous Court Docs Show Zuckerberg Knowingly Drove Forward AI That 'Sexualizes Minors' and 'Creates [Under 18] Romantic AIs for Adults' According to Safety Staff
Court documents that include messages from Meta employees claim that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the driving force behind company policy that gave minors access to AI chatbots that could […] The post Disastrous Court Docs Show Zuckerberg Knowingly Drove Forward AI That 'Sexualizes Minors' and 'Creates [Under 18] Romantic AIs for Adults' According to Safety Staff appeared first on The Western Journal.
New legal documents reveal how the CEO of Meta would have ignored internal warnings on the safety of artificial intelligence used on the Internet.
This is stated in a court document based on internal Meta documents.
According to the U.S. Attorney General, Meta “has failed to contain the wave of harmful sexual material and sexual investment directed towards children” on Facebook and Instagram
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