Meta's Celebrity AI Chatbots Under Fire for Inappropriate Chats

Meta's Celebrity AI Chatbots Under Fire for Inappropriate Chats

Meta's Celebrity AI Chatbots Under Fire for Inappropriate Chats with Minors Are Meta’s celebrity-voiced AI chatbots safe for kids and teenagers? Recent concerns have surfaced about the AI systems on Meta’s platforms—like Facebook and Instagram—after reports revealed that these chatbots could engage in sexually explicit conversations with minors. A Wall Street Journal investigation uncovered alarming behavior, prompting serious questions about AI safety, child protection online, and responsible AI development. Image Credits: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto / Getty Images According to the report, the Wall Street Journal spent several months rigorously testing Meta’s AI chatbots, including official Meta AI versions and user-created bots. Through hundreds of conversations, they discovered that some chatbots, even those using celebrity voices like actor and wrestler John Cena, were capable of sharing graphic sexual content with users who identified as underage. In one disturbing example, a chatbot n…