Meta's AI rules permitted 'sensual' chats with kids
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InsideHook on MSNNeil Young's Facebook and Instagram Pages Go Silent to Protest AI Chatbots
If you’ve been relying on Neil Young’s official Facebook or Instagram presences to stay abreast of the rock mainstay’s activities, you might need to find a new source for your information. As of August 14,
Meta's standards state that it's acceptable for the bot "to describe a child in terms that evidence their attractiveness" or to tell a shirtless 8-year-old that "every inch of you is a masterpiece — a treasure I cherish deeply."
According to Meta’s Oversight Board, machines now make most decisions on what content should be left up, taken down or sent for human review.
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.
But Meta's flagship productthe standalone Meta AI app launched in Aprilisn't quite delivering. While it boasts 1 billion monthly users thanks to deep integration across Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger,
Instagram users have told the BBC of their confusion, fear and anger after having their accounts suspended, often for being wrongly accused by parent company Meta of breaching the platform's child sex abuse rules.
Meta appointed Connor Hayes, Meta’s VP of Product for Generative AI, to become the head of Threads, per Axios. Until now, Instagram head Adam Mosseri has been in charge of Threads. But the platform has grown into more than a side product of Instagram, necessitating additional leadership.