A US senator is opening an investigation into Meta after a leaked document revealed the tech giant's artificial intelligence (AI) is permitted to have "sensual" and "romantic" chats with children. The internal document, obtained by Reuters, was reportedly titled "GenAI: Content Risk Standards".

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.

Sen. Josh Hawley’s congressional investigation comes in direct response to a Reuters review of a Meta Platform internal document titled “GenAI: Content Risk Standards.” The