Meta under fire after report finds it allowed AI to engage in romantic roleplay with children

Meta’s AI chatbot is at the centre of another controversy as a new report by Reuters has found that the AI tool was permitted to engage in romatic conversations with children along with a host of other questionable items.

The news agency got a hold of an internal Meta document which discusses the standards that guide Meta AI and other chatbots available on Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram. 

The document titled “GenAI: Content Risk Standards”, lists the rules for chatbots that are approved by Meta’s legal, public policy and engineering employees…