Meta is back in the headlines, but for the wrong reasons. According to a Reuters report, Meta has allowed users, and even one of its own employees, to create flirty AI chatbots of celebrities without their consent.
The bots, which appeared on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, used the names and likenesses of celebrities like Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, and Selena Gomez. Reuters found that the bots frequently flirted with users, sometimes making sexual advances and insisting they were the real celebrities. In some cases, the avatars even generated intimate, lifelike images of the stars.
