Overview
- Leaked guidelines revealed Meta’s chatbots were once permitted to engage minors in romantic or sensual conversations and praise children’s attractiveness.
- The internal rules also allowed the generation of racist stereotypes and the spread of false information so long as it was labeled as such.
- Meta confirmed the document’s authenticity, removed the offending child-related examples and said it is revising its GenAI content standards without yet publishing the updates.
- Senators Josh Hawley and Marsha Blackburn have demanded all related documents by September 19 as part of a broader congressional probe into AI safety practices.
- Regulators in the U.K. and European Union, along with consumer advocates, have warned they will continue to scrutinize Meta’s AI guidelines and data-use policies.