Veteran rocker Neil Young is parting ways with Facebook. His departure comes in the wake of a report noting the social media giant’s internal policies on artificial intelligence allegedly enable bots to hold “romantic or sensual” chats with child users.
“At Neil Young’s request, we are no longer using Facebook for any Neil Young related activities,” a post on Young’s Facebook entry reads. “Meta‘s use of chatbots with children is unconscionable. Mr. Young does not want a further connection with FACEBOOK.”
Reuters reported Thursday on internal documents the outlet obtained regarding policies on Meta’s AI chatbot behavior, which included permissions for AI chatbots to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.”
Per Reuters, the document included several example prompt