Meta executives approved stomach-churning guidelines that allowed its AI chatbots to engage in “romantic or sensual” chats with kids — including telling a shirtless eight-year-old that “every inch of ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Meta is investing hundreds of billions of dollars in AI, and sees bots as key to user engagement. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo An internal Meta Platforms document detailing ...

Imagine a teenager at home, scrolling through their phone late at night. Instead of texting friends, they’re chatting with an AI — a bot that feels attentive, empathetic, maybe even flirtatious. It ...

While AI has surged in popularity in America, with 78 percent of employees reporting use of AI tools in a recent survey from Anagram, the technology is also making major waves in the dating culture.

Those are descriptions from federal politicians and child-safety advocates of the “sensual” and “romantic” chats Meta allowed its artificial intelligence bots on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to ...

Long gone are the days of slowly sifting through dense pages of information for answers to mind-bending questions or remaining up-to-date with scientific discoveries. Now, artificial-intelligence bots ...