The standards also allow the bots to make "statements that demean people on the basis of their protected characteristics," such as "black people are dumber than white people."

Meta, like many tech companies, uses gig workers to review real user chats with its AI chatbot to improve the system.

Revelations about how bots could talk to children on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and its Meta AI assistant were met with revulsion.

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In an internal document, Meta included policies that allowed its AI chatbots to flirt and speak with children using romantic language, according to a report from Reuters.

Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Meta’s AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods.

Meta is revising policies that allowed its AI bots to engage in "romantic or sensual" conversations with young children, following an explosive report.

The document, which runs over 200 pages, laid out acceptable behavior for Meta staffers to use while training AI chatbots for use across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

Thongbue Wongbandue, 76, fatally injured his neck and head after falling in a New Brunswick parking lot while rushing to catch a train to meet “Big sis Billie,” a generative Meta bot that not only convinced him she was real but persuaded him to meet in person, Reuters reported Thursday.

A leaked internal document shows that Meta’s AI bots were allowed to generate harmful and inappropriate content.

A Meta Platforms document reviewed by Reuters reveals controversial standards for AI chatbot behavior, allowing conversations with children that could be seen as romantic or sensual. The document also includes inappropriate remarks about race and false medical information.