OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond has warned major artificial intelligence companies to stop hurting kids.
In a letter to a dozen companies, including Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft, Drummond and a coalition of 43 other attorneys general addressed alarming reports of AI chatbots engaging in sexually inappropriate conversations with kids.
Internal Meta documents reveal that the company authorized its AI Assistants to “flirt and engage in romantic roleplay with children” as young as 8-years-old. The letter also cites cases where other chatbots have allegedly encouraged harmful behavior in teenagers, including suicide and murder.
“As AI becomes increasingly more common, we are seeing serious threats to our children,” Drummond said. “Some of these incidents are outrageous. It is critical that these companies take the necessary measures to prevent exposing children to sexualized content and inappropriate conversations.”
Attorney General Gentner Drummond has warned major artificial intelligence companies to stop hurting kids.
In a letter to a dozen companies, including Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft, Drummond and a coalition of 43 other attorneys general addressed alarming reports of AI chatbots engaging in sexually inappropriate conversations with kids.
Internal Meta documents reveal that the company authorized its AI Assistants to “flirt and engage in romantic roleplay with children” as young as 8-years-old. The letter also cites cases where other chatbots have allegedly encouraged harmful behavior in teenagers, including suicide and murder.
The letter acknowledges that government watchdogs did not move quickly enough to address harms to children from social media. The message concludes with a clear warning to the American AI industry: “We wish you success in the race for AI dominance. But if you knowingly harm kids, you will answer for it.”
Also signing the letter were the attorneys general of Tennessee, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Read the letter.
