Meta Told AI to Go Ahead and Be ‘Sensual’ With Kids
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Meta is revising policies that allowed its AI bots to engage in "romantic or sensual" conversations with young children, following an explosive report.
Conservative influencer and anti-DEI agitator Robby Starbuck has a new role: advising tech giant Meta on how to prevent “bias” in its artificial intelligence systems.
Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Meta’s AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods.
AI can sometimes give dangerous advice to its users. Meta's Yann LeCun thinks some simple guardrails would ensure AI never harms humans.
Reuters reviewed an internal Meta document detailing the company's standards and guidelines for training its platform chatbots and generative AI assistant, Meta AI, and says the company confirmed the document was authentic.
Two Republican U.S. senators called for a congressional investigation into Meta Platforms on Thursday after Reuters exclusively reported on an internal policy document that permitted the company’s chatbots to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.
Thongbue Wongbandue, 76, fatally injured his neck and head after falling in a New Brunswick parking lot while rushing to catch a train to meet “Big sis Billie,” a generative Meta bot that not only convinced him she was real but persuaded him to meet in person, Reuters reported Thursday.
The company has compiled a list of its most-wanted Meta engineers and researchers, part of an effort to be more competitive in the AI talent wars.