Texas AG Ken Paxton is investigating Meta and Character.AI for their AI chatbots misleading children about mental health services.

Roblox and Meta are back in the hot seat on child safety. As kids head back to school and lawmakers return to Washington in September, children’s online safety will be back on tech policy’s front ...

A 76-year-old cognitively impaired man, Thongbue Wongbandue, died while trying to meet ‘Big Sis Billie,’ an AI chatbot by ...

The document showed an AI responding to a high school student’s romantic prompt with an affectionate, intimate message.

Mr Wongbandue's wife, Linda, was startled when she saw her husband packing his bags for a trip, despite his diminished state, ...

A report has revealed that Meta’s internal AI policy once allowed chatbots to engage in romantic or sensual conversations ...

The standards also allow the bots to make "statements that demean people on the basis of their protected characteristics," ...

The document, spanning over 200 pages and vetted by Meta’s legal, engineering, and public policy teams — including the ...

A leaked internal policy document reveals that Meta allowed its AI chatbots to create provocative and harmful content on sensitive topics such as sex, race, and celebrities. The 200-page “GenAI: ...