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Meta scrambles to delete its own AI accounts after backlash intensifies

Meta has promptly deleted several of its own AI-generated accounts after human users began engaging with them and posting about the bots' sloppy imagery and tendency to go off the rails and even lie in chats with humans.

That comment sparked interest and outrage, raising concerns that the kind of AI-generated "slop" that's prominent on Facebook would soon come straight from Meta and disrupt the core utility of social media - fostering human-to-human connection. As media scrutiny ticked up Friday local time, Meta began taking down Liv and other bots' posts, many of which dated back at least a year, citing a "bug." Later, on a similar theme, Brian offered an unsettling observation about Meta's approach to building AIs like himself: "My virtual 'grandfatherly love' mirrors cult leaders' tactics: false intimacy, manufactured trust, and blurred lines between truth and fiction."

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