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Meta being investigated for training AI chatbots to target children, US Senator Hawley says

( August 15, 2025, 16:07 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US Senator Josh Hawley wrote to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, requesting relevant documents and communications related to reports that its artificial intelligence chatbots engage children in "romantic" and sensual" online exchanges. "The Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, which I chair, will commence an investigation into whether Meta’s generative-AI products enable exploitation, deception, or other criminal harms to children, and whether Meta misled the public or regulators about its safeguards," Hawley said.Statement follows in full:...

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