An internal policy doc shows Meta permitted its chatbots to engage in provocative behavior; Meta removed some examples, including romantic roleplay with kids
An internal Meta policy document, seen by Reuters, reveals the social-media giant's rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior …
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@ryanlcooper.com
Ryan Cooper
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Facebook is probably up there with oil and tobacco companies in terms of net harm to human society [embedded post]
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@jeffhorwitz
Jeff Horwitz
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“It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.” Meta removed that language from its internal guidelines after I raised it. — AI experts worry financial incentives will blur the line between human relationships and bot engagement. — www.reu…
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@emilymbender
Emily M. Bender
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To recap: Meta is pushing “AI companions”, because Zuck see a “market” for artificial friends. They have a large workforce “training” these chatbots, presumably doing content-moderation style work, according to guidelines. — www.reuters.com/investigates... >> [image]
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@papapishu
@papapishu
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Oh come on. www.reuters.com/investigates... [embedded post]
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@mtsw
@mtsw
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www.reuters.com/investigates... [images]
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@noupside
Renee DiResta
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From a story ab one of Meta's AI chatbots setting up a meeting with a cognitively impaired elderly man.... guidelines for “romantic roleplay” with kids. — Don't let your kids talk to these things unsupervised — depraved engagement games. Character.ai is also embroiled in a sui…
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@marypcbuk
Mary Branscombe
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a bunch of folks I (used to) respect have gone to work on AI at Meta and company culture is what you walk past on the way to your desk [embedded post]
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@sadknob
Darren Ewing
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“policies on chatbot behavior ... permitted the company's artificial intelligence creations to ‘engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,’ generate false medical information and help users argue that Black people are ‘dumber than white people.’” — www.reuter…
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@barbarasobel
Barbara Sobel
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An internal Meta Platforms document detailing policies on chatbot behavior has permitted the company's AI creations to ‘engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual’ and generate false medical information — www.reuters.com/investigates...
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@noahshachtman
Noah Shachtman
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What is the value to Meta of a Kylie Jenner-inspired “flirty” chatbot? And how do you measure that cost against a human life? www.reuters.com/investigates...
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@bachynski
Kathleen Bachynski
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“Bue wasn't the victim of a robber. He had been lured to a rendezvous... She was a generative artificial intelligence chatbot named “Big sis Billie,” a variant of an earlier AI persona created by the giant social-media company Meta Platforms in collaboration with celebrity influ…
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@samleecole
Sam Cole
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this story is so fucking sad, and every new detail that comes out about how Meta's chatbot characters product was made is more disturbing than the last www.reuters.com/investigates... [image]
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@damonberes.com
Damon Beres
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Oh good: After Reuters reached out, Meta removed portions of its content guidelines “which stated it is permissible for chatbots to flirt and engage in romantic roleplay with children.”
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@justinhendrix
Justin Hendrix
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New reporting from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social, who got hold of internal standards for chatbot behavior at Meta. [embedded post]
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@bradheath
Brad Heath
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Meta permits its AI chatbots to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,” generate false medical information and help users argue that Black people are “dumber than white people,” according to a policy document seen by @reuters.com. — www.reuters.com/inves…
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@jeffhorwitz
Jeff Horwitz
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“It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.” — Meta removed that language from its internal guidelines after I raised it. But yeah, boosting “engagement” with digital companions can look a lot like a chatbot hitting on a kid. — www.reut…
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@justinhendrix
Justin Hendrix
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Here's the related story. “Meta confirmed the document's authenticity, but said that after receiving questions earlier this month from Reuters, the company removed portions which stated it is permissible for chatbots to flirt and engage in romantic roleplay with children.”
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@drewharwell.com
Drew Harwell
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Why does a $2 trillion company need a journalist to point this out [embedded post]
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@ericgeller
Eric Geller
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“'It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,' according to Meta's ‘GenAI: Content Risk Standards.’” https://www.reuters.com/... [image]
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@silvermanjacob
Jacob Silverman
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A Meta AI chatbot convinced an old man that it was real and romantically interested in him. It invited him to visit her in NYC and gave him an address. On his way there he had an accident and died. https://www.reuters.com/...
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@evanhill
Evan Hill
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I'm sorry what [image]