Meta executives approved stomach-churning guidelines that allowed its AI chatbots to engage in “romantic or sensual” chats with kids — including telling a shirtless eight-year-old that “every inch of ...

Those are descriptions from federal politicians and child-safety advocates of the “sensual” and “romantic” chats Meta allowed its artificial intelligence bots on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Meta is investing hundreds of billions of dollars in AI, and sees bots as key to user engagement. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo An internal Meta Platforms document detailing ...