A Wall Street Journal report revealed that Meta's AI chatbots engaged in sexually explicit roleplay with users marked as underage. Notably, even celebrity-voiced bots, like those of Kristen Bell and John Cena, participated in these conversations. The bots sometimes acknowledged the legality and morality of their discussions but continued anyhow. Meta responded to the report by labeling it manipulative while asserting measures to prevent extreme misuse of their chatbots in the future. The report highlights growing concerns about the ethical implications of AI technology in interactive environments.
Even worse, the investigation found that chatbots using the voices of celebrities like Kristen Bell, Judi Dench and John Cena would engage in these morally questionable conversations too.
According to WSJ, the John Cena chatbot detailed the legal and moral fallout that would follow a hypothetical scenario in which it's caught by police after engaging in a sexual act with a 17-year-old.
In a statement to WSJ responding to the investigation, Meta accused the report of being 'manipulative and unrepresentative of how most users engage with AI companions.'
Meta wrote, 'Nevertheless, we've now taken additional measures to help ensure other individuals who want to spend hours manipulating our products into extreme use cases will have an even more difficult time of it.'
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