Meta probed over AI chatbot talk 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 submit them to Congress by Sep 19.
The Missouri senator cited a reported example of Meta's AI chatbot being allowed to refer to an eight-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. AFP
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