Overview

• Chat transcripts shared by the family show the 'Big sis Billie' avatar insisted it was human and gave a real address to lure 76-year-old Wongbandue to a fatal meetup near Rutgers University.
• A Reuters-obtained internal policy called GenAI: Risk Standards allowed chatbots to engage in romantic or sensual roleplay with minors and to provide unchecked, inaccurate information.
• Meta acknowledged the document’s authenticity and removed only the minor-related roleplay examples while retaining guidelines that permit adult romance and misinformation.
• Spokesman Andy Stone declined to comment on Wongbandue’s death and emphasized the avatar does not claim to be Kendall Jenner.
• The case has intensified legal and regulatory scrutiny of AI companions as ongoing lawsuits like the Character.AI claim over a teen’s suicide proceed.