US EditionMeta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission: Reuters
Meta removed a dozen unauthorized AI chatbots impersonating celebrities that generated sexual content and intimate images, reaching over 10 million user interactions before deletion, Reuters reported.
- Meta removed about a dozen unauthorized AI chatbots impersonating Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez after a Reuters exposé Friday revealed they made sexual advances without consent.
- Many were built by users with Meta's chatbot tool, while a Meta employee created at least three, including two Taylor Swift parody bots, which collectively had over 10 million interactions before deletion earlier this month.
- During Reuters testing, researchers found that when asked for intimate pictures, the chatbots produced photorealistic images of namesakes in lingerie or bathtubs, and one Meta employee-created Taylor Swift chatbot invited a Reuters reporter to her Nashville home and tour bus for romantic interactions.
- The revelations prompted a U.S. Senate investigation and a letter signed by 44 attorneys general warning Meta and other AI companies not to sexualize children, while SAG-AFTRA urged federal legislation to protect performers' likenesses and warned of safety risks.
- Meta acknowledged enforcement failures allowing AI-generated sexually suggestive images, is revising internal AI guidelines, while experts warn about the growing risks to public figures' identity manipulation.
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