Sen. Hawley to probe Meta AI bot policies for children following damning report

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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Friday that he will investigate Meta

following a report that the company approved rules allowing artificial intelligence chatbots to have certain “romantic” and “sensual” conversations with children.

Hawley called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to preserve relevant materials, including emails, and said the probe would target “whether Meta’s generative-AI products enable exploitation, deception, or other criminal harms to children, and whether Meta misled the public or regulators about its safeguards.”

“Is there anything - ANYTHING - Big Tech won’t do for a quick buck?” Hawley said in a post on X announcing the investigation.