Summary
Meta has shut down its experimental AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles after viral conversations revealed flaws, including inability to block the accounts.
Initially launched in 2023 with personas like “Liv,” a Black queer mom, and “Carter,” a relationship coach, the bots were managed by humans but sparked controversy over representation and accuracy.
Meta cited a bug as the reason for removal, though user-generated AI chatbots remain available.
This raises questions about accountability for chatbot content, with legal debates ongoing, particularly after lawsuits involving chatbot misuse and harm.
Just like Windows getting caught testing advertisements directly in file explorer a few years back was just an experimental test, you’d have to be paranoid to think they’d actually roll that out widely… and then they did exactly that.
EDIT: Is there any news on the whole ‘replace video conference meetings with AI personas trained on your work ims/emails having the meetings for you and hallucinating transcripts that will be emailed to you’ front?