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Tyler Wilde

Meta's AI rules permitted 'sensual' chats with kids until a journalist got ahold of the document and asked what was up with that

CHONGQING, CHINA - OCTOBER 30: In this photo illustration - The Facebook app page is displayed on a smartphone in the Apple App Store in front of the Meta Platforms, inc. logo on October 30, 2024 in Chongqing, China. (Photo by Cheng Xin/Getty Images).

A Meta policy document obtained by Reuters stated that it was acceptable for the Facebook company's AI chatbots to have "romantic or sensual" conversations with children.

Meta confirmed the document's authenticity to Reuters and told the outlet that it has now removed the guidelines in question, which said it was OK for bots "to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual" and to describe children "in terms that evidence their attractiveness."

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