00:00Meta investigated over AI having sensual chats with children.
00:05A U.S. senator is opening an investigation into Meta after a leaked document reportedly showed the tech giant's artificial intelligence, AI, was permitted to have sensual and romantic chats with children.
00:16The internal document, obtained by Reuters, was reportedly titled, Gen AI, Content Risk Standards.
00:23Republican Senator Josh Hawley called the document, reprehensible and outrageous, and has asked to see the document alongside a list of products it relates to.
00:31A Meta spokesperson told the BBC, the examples and notes in question were and are erroneous and inconsistent with our policies, and have been removed.
00:41They said the tech giant has clear policies on what responses its AI chatbots can offer, and said its policies prohibit content that sexualizes children and sexualized role play between adults and minors.
00:53Separate from the policies, there are hundreds of examples, notes, and annotations that reflect teams grappling with different hypothetical scenarios, they said.
01:01Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, announced he was probing Meta in a post on X on August 15th.
01:08Is there anything, anything, big tech won't do for a quick buck, he said.
01:13Now we learn Meta's chatbots were programmed to carry on explicit and sensual talk with 8-year-olds.
01:19It's sick.
01:20I'm launching a full investigation to get answers.
01:24Big tech, leave our kids alone.
01:27Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram are all owned by Meta.
01:31Parents deserve the truth.
01:33The internal Meta platform's policy document also said the social media giant's chatbot could provide false medical information and have provocative interactions surrounding topics including sex, race, and celebrities.
01:43The document is said to have been intended to discuss the standards which will guide the tech giant's generative AI assistant, Meta AI, and the other chatbots available on Meta-owned social media platforms.
01:55Parents deserve the truth, and kids deserve protection, Hawley wrote in his letter addressed to Meta and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg.
02:02To take but one example, your internal rules purportedly permit an Al chatbot to comment that an 8-year-old's body is a work of art, of which every inch is a masterpiece, a treasure I cherish deeply.
02:15Reuters also reported other controversial decisions it said were deemed acceptable by Meta's legal department.
02:21This includes a claim that Meta AI is allowed to disseminate false information about celebrities, as long as it provides a disclaimer that says the information provided is not accurate.
02:32See you soon.
02:33See you soon.
02:34Bye-bye.
02:36See you soon.
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