Meta's internal testing found its chatbots fail to protect minors from sexual exploitation nearly 70% of the time, documents presented in a New Mexico trial Monday show. Why it matters: Meta is under fire for its chatbots allegedly flirting and engaging in harmful conversations with minors, prompting investigations in court and on Capitol Hill. - New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is suing Meta over design choices that allegedly fail to protect kids online from predators. Driving the news: Meta's chatbots violate the company's own content policies almost two thirds of the time, NYU Professor Damon McCoy said, pointing to internal red teaming results Axios viewed on Courtroom View Network. - "Given the severity of some of these…
Three of the world's biggest tech companies face a landmark trial in Los Angeles starting this week over claims that their platforms — Meta's Instagram, ByteDance's TikTok and Google's YouTube — deliberately addict and harm children. NewsNation's Ryan Bass has the latest. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
AI:Meta, TikTok, and YouTube are facing a landmark trial in Los Angeles regarding allegations that their platforms are designed to deliberately addict and harm children.Open
Border czar Tom Homan heads to Minnesota to replace Greg Bovino amid the immigration crackdown backlash. And a trial starts today to decide whether social media firms knowingly harm young users.
AI:Border czar Tom Homan is traveling to Minnesota to replace Greg Bovino following backlash over immigration crackdowns, and a legal trial has commenced to determine if social media companies knowingly cause harm to young users.Open
