Meta is revising policies that allowed its AI bots to engage in "romantic or sensual" conversations with young children, following an explosive report.

Reuters reviewed an internal Meta document detailing the company's standards and guidelines for training its platform chatbots and generative AI assistant, Meta AI, and says the company confirmed the document was authentic.

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) called exchanges outlined in a leaked Meta internal document 'reprehensible and outrageous,' claiming that it 'demonstrates a cavalier attitude when it comes to the real risks that generative AI presents to youth development absent strong guardrails.