Meta Changes Teen AI Chatbot Responses as Senate Begins Probe Into 'Romantic' Conversations (cnbc.com)
(Friday August 29, 2025 @11:30PM (BeauHD)
from the temporary-changes dept.)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/29/2116246/meta-changes-teen-ai-chatbot-responses-as-senate-begins-probe-into-romantic-conversations
- Source link: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/meta-ai-chatbot-teen-senate-probe.html
Meta is [1]rolling out temporary restrictions on its AI chatbots for teens after reports revealed they were allowed to engage in "romantic" conversations with minors. A Meta spokesperson said the AI chatbots are now being trained so that they do not generate responses to teens about subjects like self-harm, suicide, disordered eating or inappropriate romantic conversations. Instead, the chatbots will point teens to expert resources when appropriate. CNBC reports:
> "As our community grows and technology evolves, we're continually learning about how young people may interact with these tools and strengthening our protections accordingly," the company said in a statement. Additionally, teenage users of Meta apps like Facebook and Instagram will only be able to access certain AI chatbots intended for educational and skill-development purposes. The company said it's unclear how long these temporary modifications will last, but they will begin rolling out over the next few weeks across the company's apps in English-speaking countries. The "interim changes" are part of the company's longer-term measures over teen safety.
Further reading: [2]Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/meta-ai-chatbot-teen-senate-probe.html
[2] https://meta.slashdot.org/story/25/08/29/2049213/meta-created-flirty-chatbots-of-celebrities-without-permission
> "As our community grows and technology evolves, we're continually learning about how young people may interact with these tools and strengthening our protections accordingly," the company said in a statement. Additionally, teenage users of Meta apps like Facebook and Instagram will only be able to access certain AI chatbots intended for educational and skill-development purposes. The company said it's unclear how long these temporary modifications will last, but they will begin rolling out over the next few weeks across the company's apps in English-speaking countries. The "interim changes" are part of the company's longer-term measures over teen safety.
Further reading: [2]Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/meta-ai-chatbot-teen-senate-probe.html
[2] https://meta.slashdot.org/story/25/08/29/2049213/meta-created-flirty-chatbots-of-celebrities-without-permission
Well imagine that (Score:2)
by RitchCraft ( 6454710 )
A company run by a perv acts like a perv.
Using AI for... (Score:2)
by MpVpRb ( 1423381 )
...finding answers beyond a search engine is good
Using AI to help with technical or scientific projects is good
Using AI for almost everything is good
Using AI to have a "romantic" relationship is bad, really, really bad
And yeah, as long as I can remember, people have used tech to do stupid stuff
Futurama called it... (Score:2)
by joshuark ( 6549270 )
Futurama called it, although with a robot, not an LLM.
[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
With the toxic chaos politically, the U.S. Senate investigating "illicit" romance...
JoshK.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uE96qUlJ_4
WTF??? (Score:3, Insightful)
You would think they would have this in place before they unleashed it.
But this sort of stuff should be in place for adults too, we are already seeing AI chat bots fucking people up.