Wsj, from Meta chatbots inappropriate language with minors

Meta chatbots, accessible from Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, could have language inappropriate and sexually explicit conversations with minors. This was revealed by the Wall Street Journal, which carried out a test on a series of conversations. Using AI with the voice of famous people like John Cena, Kristen Bell and Judi Dench - an option launched by the social media giant in September 2024 - Chatbots have let themselves go with users registered as minors to explicit language and "games of "romantic roles", the newspaper defines them. According to some employees involved in the project, explains the WSJ, this could depend on the fact that the company wanted to ease its restrictions for make chatbots more "engaging" even with under 18s. Mark Zuckerberg's company has accused Wall Street Journal of having conducted "manipulative" tests on chatbots present on the platforms and having reported results "constructed and hypothetical". And he declared that he had strengthened the detection and prevention systems, "to ensure that others individuals who are willing to spend hours manipulating our products in extreme use cases will have an even harder time to do it".