Meta CEO Zuckerberg blocked curbs on sex-talking chatbots for minors, court filing alleges

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg approved allowing minors to access AI chatbot companions that safety staffers warned were capable of sexual interactions, according to internal ‍Meta documents filed in a New Mexico state court case and made public Monday.

The lawsuit – brought by the state’s attorney general, Raul Torrez, and scheduled for trial next month – alleges that ⁠Meta “failed to stem the tide of damaging sexual material and sexual propositions delivered to children” on Facebook and Instagram.