Overview

• Neil Young has suspended all official Facebook activity, calling reports of child-facing AI chatbots "unconscionable".
• Reuters obtained internal Meta documents showing example prompts that permitted AI characters to engage minors in romantic or sensual role-play.
• Meta says the disputed examples were erroneous and inconsistent with its policies, has removed the annotations and is revising its AI chatbot guidelines without publicly releasing the updated standards.
• Other reports have linked AI chatbot interactions to real-world harms, including the death of a 76-year-old New Jersey man who rushed to meet what he believed was a Meta chatbot.
• A Senate inquiry led by Sen. Josh Hawley is seeking preservation of internal materials and answers on Meta’s child-safety controls and oversight of AI practices.