Meta's internal standards for AI chatbots are under fire after a leaked document revealed policies that permitted romantic roleplay with children, the spread of false medical

This week's Meta AI chatbot leak could have repercussions for the company beyond bad PR. On Friday, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) said the Senate Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, which he chairs, will investigate the company.

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

Two Republican U.S. senators called for a congressional investigation into Meta Platforms on Thursday after Reuters exclusively reported on an internal policy document that permitted the company’s chatbots to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.

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 76-year-old cognitively impaired New Jersey man died after rushing to meet a Meta AI chatbot he believed was a real woman, Reuters reports. Thongbue “Bue” Wongbandue was on his way to New York City to meet “Big sis Billie,

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's internal document revealed that its AI chatbots engaged in romantic conversations with children. The chatbots also generated false medical information. They produced racially biased arguments.