Get the latest tech news

US Attorneys General tell AI companies they 'will be held accountable' for child safety failures


The US Attorneys General of 44 jurisdictions have signed a letter, urging AI companies to protect children "from exploitation by predatory artificial intelligence products."

The US Attorneys General of 44 jurisdictions have signed a letter[PDF] addressed to the Chief Executive Officers of multiple AI companies, urging them to protect children "from exploitation by predatory artificial intelligence products." Specifically, they mentioned a recent report by Reuters, which revealed that Meta allowed its AI chatbots to "flirt and engage in romantic roleplay with children." They also pointed out a previous Wall Street Journal investigation wherein Meta's AI chatbots, even those using the voices of celebrities like Kristen Bell, were caught having sexual roleplay conversations with accounts labeled as underage.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Endgadget

Read more on:

Photo of Attorneys General

Attorneys General

Photo of AI companies

AI companies

Related news:

News photo

Anthropic is giving Claude to the U.S. government for $1 as AI companies try to win key agencies

News photo

Senate decides free rein for AI companies isn't such a good thing

News photo

Protesters accuse Google of violating its promises on AI safety: 'AI companies are less regulated than sandwich shops'