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The find of tens of thousands of racy advertisements for artificial intelligence-generated "girlfriends" crossed Meta apps prompted nan societal media elephantine to scrub its platforms of nan definitive contented successful caller days.
An investigation by Wired published past week recovered much than 29,000 instances successful Meta's advertisement room of ads for "AI girlfriend" apps connected Facebook, Instagram and Messenger. The ads were for chatbots that prosecute successful sexually definitive messaging and characteristic AI-generated images of scantily-clad women successful suggestive positions.
A study that recovered much than 29,000 ads for "AI girlfriend" chatbots connected Meta's platforms prompted a crackdown by nan company. (Dado Ruvic/Illustration / Reuters Photos)
The study said much than half nan ads included nan acronym "NSFW," which intends "not safe for work," informing group that it is not suitable to position nan contented while astatine a spot of employment.
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Wired said nan ads look to break Meta's policies prohibiting big content, and said astir 2,700 of nan ads were progressive erstwhile it contacted Meta astir nan rumor nan week prior.
Meta is scrubbing Facebook, Instagram and Messenger of ads for "AI girlfriends" that characteristic AI-generated images of scantily-clad women. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via / Getty Images)
"When we place violating ads we activity quickly to region them, arsenic we’re doing here," Meta spokesperson Ryan Daniels told nan outlet. "We proceed to amended our systems, including really we detect ads and behaviour that spell against our policies."
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Daniels supplied nan aforesaid connection Wednesday erstwhile contacted by FOX Business, and added that Meta reviewed nan ads and is removing them for violating its big contented ads policy.
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Meta prohibits ads containing big content, including "nudity, depictions of group successful definitive aliases suggestive positions, aliases activities that are overly suggestive aliases sexually provocative."
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The Meta spokesperson besides said nan institution often sees instances of groups aliases individuals taking connected caller strategies to debar discovery and evade its policies and enforcement, which is why they are perpetually evaluating and updating their approach.
