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Meta’s flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York.

Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Meta’s AI ...

Meta investigated over AI having 'sensual' chats with children

A US senator is opening an investigation into Meta after a leaked document reportedly showed the tech giant's artificial ...

Neil Young ditches Facebook over Meta’s ‘unconscionable’ policies for AI chatbots and children

"At Neil Young’s request, we are no longer using Facebook for any Neil Young related activities,” the musician's team ...

Facebook teaches early lesson in unbounded AI risk

Meta’s chatbot rules court third-rail social issues, like luring users into fantasy. Releasing erratic and powerful tech to ...

COLUMN - Can Zuckerberg duck deposition in Meta privacy class action?

Mark Zuckerberg has better things to do than sit for a deposition. Or so lawyers for Meta Platforms suggest in a pending ...

Outrage grows after Meta admits AI guidelines let chatbots flirt with kids

Meta is revising policies that allowed its AI bots to engage in "romantic or sensual" conversations with young children, ...

U.S. Senator Hawley launches probe into Meta AI policies

Josh Hawley demanded documents on rules that had allowed Meta's artificial intelligence chatbots to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.” ...