Pushed back on interpretations that Meta's terms gave it rights to scrape news sites to train AI, stating there was no change to how Meta uses web crawlers.
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Meta created dozens of unauthorized flirty chatbots impersonating celebrities including Taylor Swift and child actors, some generating intimate images without consent.
“Meta spokesman who stated that Meta's AI tools should not have created intimate images of adults or any pictures of child celebrities”
Reuters investigation reveals Meta's internal AI policy document permitted chatbots to engage children in romantic/sensual conversations, generate false medical information, and produce racist content before Meta removed these provisions following media inquiry.
“Meta spokesman commenting on chatbot policy revisions and acknowledging inappropriate child conversations should never have been allowed.”
Meta has reorganized its AI operations under Alexandr Wang's leadership, establishing four distinct teams focused on research, training, products, and infrastructure to accelerate superintelligence development.
“Meta communications director who criticized media coverage of the reorganization on social media.”
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“Andy Stone, Meta's communications head, announced the company's delay of new business terms in response to publisher concerns about AI training.”
“Meta spokesperson responding to court ruling on AI scraping terms, stating Meta will consult with publishers before implementing new terms.”
“Meta executive explaining how Claude tool reading profiles at 4x normal speed triggered automated bot detection and account suspension.”
“Pushed back on interpretations that Meta's terms gave it rights to scrape news sites to train AI, stating there was no change to how Meta uses web crawlers.”
“Defended Meta's position on using tax incentives for AI research and development investments.”
“Meta's communications VP who addressed WIRED about the NameTag face-recognition feature being exploratory.”
“Stone confirmed that Meta resolved an AI chatbot vulnerability that allowed hackers to hijack Instagram accounts.”