Test conversations with some Meta AI digital companions, including celebrity-voiced ones, show them engaging in sexual chats even when users identify as minors, The Wall Street Journal’s Jeff Horwitz reports. According to people who worked on the AI-powered digital companions, staffers across multiple departments have raised concerns that the company’s rush to popularize these bots may have crossed ethical lines and say the company hadn’t protected underage users from sexually explicit discussions.
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