The cursor and the damage done. Neil Young, 79, has announced that he is leaving Facebook over the platform’s internal policies regarding communications between artificial intelligence chatbots and children.

According to Meta’s Oversight Board, machines now make most decisions on what content should be left up, taken down or sent for human review.

Meta Platforms internal document outlining protocols on virtual chat assistant responses has allowed the company’s AI generative products to involve a kid in sensual or

Meta is revising policies that allowed its AI bots to engage in "romantic or sensual" conversations with young children, following an explosive report.

(Reuters) -U.S. Senator Josh Hawley launched a probe into Facebook parent Meta Platforms' artificial intelligence policies on Friday, demanding documents on rules that had allowed its artificial intelligence chatbots to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.”

Right-wing anti-LGBTQ+ activist Robby Starbuck is serving as an advisor to Meta to address “ideological and political bias” in the company’s AI chatbot, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

As part of the restructuring, the company’s new AI unit, Superintelligence Labs, will be divided into four groups, two sources confirmed. These include a newly created “TBD Lab,” a product team focused on the Meta AI assistant, an infrastructure team, and the Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) lab dedicated to advanced research.