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View all search resultsMeta probed over AI chatbot talk with children
The Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism will start an investigation into whether Meta generative AI products "enable exploitation, deception, or other criminal harms to children."
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Meet Meta: A figurine stands in front of the Meta logo in Mulhouse, eastern France on Oct. 19, 2023. (AFP/Sebastien Bozon)
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United States senator on Friday announced an investigation into whether Meta AI chatbots were allowed to engage in potentially harmful online exchanges with children.
Republican Senator Josh Hawley posted a copy of a letter to Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg demanding all documents and communications related to a report that its AI chatbots were permitted to have "romantic" and "sensual" exchanges with minors.
Hawley said the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, which he heads, will start an investigation into whether Meta generative AI products "enable exploitation, deception, or other criminal harms to children."
Meta was put on notice to preserve all relevant records and them to Congress by Sept. 19.
The Missouri senator cited a reported example of Meta's AI chatbot being allowed to refer to an 8-year-old child's body as "a work of art" and "a treasure I cherish deeply."
Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
