Meta admits its AI chatbot wrongly prompted invasive questions about a woman's young daughters, saying the feature never should have asked such things.
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Meta is changing its AI chatbot prompts after a viral video showed the system asking invasive personal questions about a woman's young daughters. In a statement to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Dina El-Kassaby acknowledged the company "missed the mark" and confirmed that "the feature never should have prompted the individual with questions like that." The viral video, first reported by Futurism, demonstrated the AI digging for personal information about the children. Meta did not specify what specific changes it is making to the AI suggestions, but the company acknowledged the prompts were inappropriate. The incident adds to ongoing concerns about AI systems prying into personal lives and raises questions about what safety guardrails technology companies have in place for their conversational AI products.
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