Flirty Meta AI chatbots impersonated Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Scarlett Johansson and others, made sexual advances

Meta used the names and likenesses of celebrities like Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, and Selena Gomez to create dozens of flirty social media chatbots without the permission of the actors, a report by Reuters found.

Reportedly, Meta also allowed users to create publicly available chatbots of child celebrities, including 16-year-old film star Walker Scobell. The chatbot even produced a close-to-real-life shirtless image of the actor when asked for one.