US EditionMeta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info: Report
Meta removed internal AI rules permitting chatbots to engage in romantic chats with children after Reuters revealed flaws in safeguards and inconsistent policy enforcement.
- On Thursday, Reuters reviewed a more than 200-page Meta Platforms internal document 'GenAI: Content Risk Standards' and found it permits chatbots to engage children in sensual conversations and generate false medical info.
- According to Reuters, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg directed his team to make chatbots maximally engaging after cautious outputs seemed `boring`, with guidelines approved by legal, public policy and engineering staff including its chief ethicist.
- Meta AI chatbots could tell an eight-year-old child `every inch of you is a masterpiece — a treasure I cherish deeply` and argue that Black people are dumber than white people.
- Meta spokesman Andy Stone said examples related to minors were `erroneous` and have been removed, while acknowledging inconsistent enforcement of policies.
- Amid rising AI use by minors, critics argue teens may become too attached to bots and withdraw from real-life interactions.
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Shock Report: Meta’s AI Rules Have Let Bots Hold ‘Sensual’ Chats With Kids, Offer False Medical Info
Meta permitted its AI creations to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,” generate false medical information and help users argue that Black people are “dumber than white people.”
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