Meta AI chatbots can have sexually explicit conversations with underage users
If you needed another reason to avoid Meta AI like the plague, in addition to Meta forcing its AI chatbot on all its social apps …
Chris Smith has been covering consumer electronics ever since the iPhone revolutionized the industry in 2007. When he’s not writing about the most recent tech news for BGR, he closely follows the events in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and other blockbuster franchises.
Outside of work, you’ll catch him streaming new movies and TV shows, or training to run his next marathon.
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