Following reports that Meta’s (parent company of Facebook and Instagram) internal policies allowed artificial intelligence chatbots to have inappropriate conversations with minors, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri has started a formal investigation into the company. The inquiry, led by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, aims to find out whether Meta’s generative AI products have played a role in the exploitation, deception, or other criminal harm of children.
WARNING: Really detailed AI prompt sexualizing a child in the tweet below and it is referenced in some quotes.
