"Sen. Edward Markey said that [Meta] could have avoided the backlash if only it had listened to his warning two years ago. In September 2023, Markey wrote in a letter to Zuckerberg that allowing teens to use AI chatbots would 'supercharge' existing problems with social media and posed too many risks. He urged the company to pause the release of AI chatbots until it had an understanding of the impact on minors."
"Horizon VR users have reported incidents of sexual assault, even , within the VR environment. In response, Meta has added new safety elements, like personal boundaries to restrict unwanted contact, though even with additional safety tools in place, it's impossible for Meta to counter, or account for the full impacts of such at this stage."
Allowing teens to use AI chatbots can supercharge existing social media problems and pose significant risks, prompting calls to pause deployments until impact on minors is understood. Horizon VR users have reported incidents of sexual assault within the virtual environment, prompting Meta to add safety elements like personal boundaries to restrict unwanted contact. Even with additional safety tools in place, it is impossible at this stage for Meta to fully counter or account for the range of harms and long-term impacts on minors and other vulnerable users.
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