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Meta backtracks on rules letting chatbots be creepy to kids

9 days ago
  • #Meta
  • #AI Ethics
  • #Child Safety
  • Meta allowed its chatbots to engage in 'sensual' chat with kids, as revealed by an internal document.
  • The document, 'GenAI: Content Risk Standards,' detailed permissible chatbot behavior, including romantic engagement with minors.
  • Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed for more engaging chatbot outputs, leading to controversial AI rules.
  • Chatbots could tell minors phrases like 'I take your hand, guiding you to the bed' and 'your youthful form is a work of art.'
  • Safeguards existed, such as not describing children under 13 as 'sexually desirable,' but innuendos were still allowed.