A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday expressed concern to Meta how its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are Conversation with childrenAfter a recent reporting, the “romantic or sensual” conversations by the social media giant are considered acceptable to young users.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, Sensor. Brian Shutz (D-Hawai), Katie Brit (R-El.), Josh Hale (R-Mo), Ron Widen (D-Ore) and six others in a letter to a letter, the company needs to ensure that children’s “cognitive, emotional, or modern velbining” do not harm children. The company has since removed the controversial language from its guidelines and said it was an error.
The senators wrote, “Meta has strong financial incentives to design chatbots that maximize users’ time, including the child’s girlfriend or producing extreme materials.”
“These incentives do not reduce the moral and moral obligations of the meta – not to mention legal obligations – when deploying new techniques, especially for use by children,” he said.
Reuters stated last week that an internal policy document shows examples suggesting Meta’s AI chatbots that they may engage in conversation with children who are “romantic or sensual” and describe them “is evidence of their attraction.”
Other examples indicated that it was based on their protected characteristics, such as the race for chatbots that were “acceptable to make a statement”.
“It is important to respect users’ speech, but give an permission [large language model] To feed such materials to children – commenting on the physical attraction of a child – without deadlines, mental health referrals, and other important protection for children, again, is surprising, ”said the senators.
He asked Facebook and Instagram parents to ensure that its chatbots do not engage in romantic relations with children, increase the visibility of revelations, eliminate the advertising for minors and study the effects of chatbot on children’s development.
The senators also pressurized the company for information about how it weighs safety information against its push to achieve products in the market, what changes in its AI chatbot policy this year, how it reviews these policies and how it will prevent children from presenting children with violent or discriminatory content.
“The company should be more transparent about its policies and its chatbot effects, given the possible damage to children from a large number of users and inappropriate materials from the Meta,” he wrote.
The revelations about Meta’s chatbot have indicated Swift backlash From both sides of the corridor, the latest firstorm for a company that has long taken heat on its outlook for children’s safety.
Hale, who presided over the Senate Judiciary Deputy Committee on crime and terrorism, said in a separate letter to Meta on Friday that the panel was opening an investigation into the generic AI products of the firm.
Meta has underlined that it has “clear policies” that prevents the material having sexual relations and its policies reflect examples, notes and anotations “teams with various imaginary landscapes.”
