In July, Meta announced that it would begin rolling out AI Studio, “a place for people to create, share, and discover AIs to chat with.” Meta announced Meta announced AI Studio, built on Llama 3.1—the biggest version of its mostly free artificial intelligence models, was designed to allow users to create personalized AI characters, which they could keep all to themselves or share with followers and friends. However, a month later, Reuters reported that the social media giant received heavy backlash after many users, as well as a Meta employee, had used the names and likenesses of celebrities, including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, and Selena Gomez, to create dozens of “flirty” chatbots without their permission. Reuters reported As a result, the company has updated its approach to AI character moderation and teen-safety protections. According to Meta’s official blog, it is now introducing parental controls and implementing safeguards so that one-on-one chats between teens and AI characters are disabled by default, and age-appropriate boundaries aligned to PG-13 content ratings are being enforced. Meta’s official blog Meta’s official blog Feature image by Farhat Altaf on Unsplash Feature image by Farhat Altaf on Unsplash Farhat Altaf on Unsplash

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