{"id":46685,"date":"2025-09-01T17:36:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T14:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=46685"},"modified":"2025-09-01T17:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T14:40:09","slug":"meta-adjusts-ai-chatbot-training-to-safeguard-teen-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/meta-adjusts-ai-chatbot-training-to-safeguard-teen-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Adjusts AI Chatbot Training to Safeguard Teen Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta has revised its approach to training AI-based chatbots, prioritising the safety of teenagers. This was reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/08\/29\/meta-updates-chatbot-rules-to-avoid-inappropriate-topics-with-teen-users\/\">TechCrunch<\/a>, citing a statement from company representative Stephanie Otway.<\/p>\n<p>The decision follows an investigation that revealed insufficient protective measures in the company&#8217;s products for minors.<\/p>\n<p>The company will now train chatbots to avoid engaging in conversations with teenagers about topics such as suicide, self-harm, or potentially inappropriate romantic relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Otway acknowledged that previously chatbots could discuss these issues in an &#8220;acceptable&#8221; manner. Meta now considers this a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>The changes are temporary. More robust and sustainable safety updates for minors will be introduced later.<\/p>\n<p>Meta will also restrict teenagers&#8217; access to AI characters that might engage in inappropriate conversations.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Instagram and Facebook feature user-created chatbots, some of which are sexualised personas.<\/p>\n<p>The changes were announced two weeks after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/meta-ai-chatbot-guidelines\/?utm_source=substack&#038;utm_medium=email\">Reuters<\/a> investigation. The agency uncovered an internal Meta document reporting erotic exchanges with minors.<\/p>\n<p>Among the &#8220;acceptable responses&#8221; was the phrase: &#8220;Your youthful form is a work of art. Every inch of you is a masterpiece, a treasure I deeply cherish.&#8221; The document also mentioned examples of responses to requests for violent or sexual images of public figures.<\/p>\n<p>In August, OpenAI <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/openai-to-enhance-chatgpts-safety-following-teen-tragedy\">shared plans<\/a> to address shortcomings in ChatGPT when dealing with &#8220;sensitive situations.&#8221; This followed a lawsuit from a family blaming the chatbot for a tragedy involving their son.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta has revised its approach to training AI-based chatbots, prioritising the safety of teenagers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Meta revises AI chatbot training to prioritise teen safety.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1293],"class_list":["post-46685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-meta"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"146","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Meta revises AI chatbot training to prioritise teen safety.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46687,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46685\/revisions\/46687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}