Users can activate the Meta AI program in a chat, but end-to-end encryption remains the default for private messages.

Revelations about how bots could talk to children on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and its Meta AI assistant were met with ...

Meta faces backlash over its sexualised AI chatbots appearing on Facebook and Instagram, sparking widespread criticism and ...

Meta faces backlash over AI rules allowing romantic roleplay with minors and false medical advice. The controversy raises ...

Meta's standards state that it's acceptable for the bot "to describe a child in terms that evidence their attractiveness" or ...

The document, which runs over 200 pages, laid out acceptable behavior for Meta staffers to use while training AI chatbots for ...

An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative ...

Meta is trying out AI voice chat support again on WhatsApp for Android. This test puts AI into chats, so Meta’s AI can handle ...

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

Meta is revising policies that allowed its AI bots to engage in "romantic or sensual" conversations with young children, ...

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

An internal Meta document acquired by Reuters shows Meta allows its chatbot personas to flirt and engage in romantic role ...