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Meta's first foray into AI character profiles went about as well as you'd expect

Meta is deleting its AI characters off of Facebook and Instagram. Screenshots of unflattering conversations with Meta's original AI characters started surfacing online. Users can still create their ...

Meta shuts down its AI character accounts that users called ‘creepy and unnecessary’

Since late 2023, around a dozen artificial intelligence Instagram and Facebook accounts created by their parent company, Meta ...
NBC News

Meta removes AI character accounts after users criticize them as ‘creepy and unnecessary’

Since late 2023, around a dozen artificial intelligence Instagram and Facebook accounts created by their parent company, Meta, quietly existed on the platforms. Originally launched alongside a suite ...
PC Magazine

Meta, Character.AI Therapy Bots Under Fire for 'Endangering the Public'

The chatbots 'are not licensed or qualified medical providers, nor could they be,' says a complaint from several digital rights and mental health groups. Based in London, Will is passionate about the ...
TechCrunch

Texas attorney general accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves ...
Engadget

Texas AG to investigate Meta and Character.AI over 'misleading' mental health claims

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced plans to investigate both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for offering AI chatbots that can claim to be health tools, and potentially misusing data ...