Meta has introduced revised guidelines for its AI chatbots aimed at preventing age‑inappropriate conversations with minors. The new guardrails, obtained by Business Insider, explicitly prohibit content that could enable or encourage child sexual abuse, romantic role‑play involving minors, or advice about intimate contact for users under the age of consent. The changes follow an August statement from Meta that corrected earlier policy language after a Reuters report and come as the FTC launches a formal inquiry into companion AI bots from multiple tech firms. Read more →

Meta has introduced stricter guidelines for its AI chatbots to prevent inappropriate conversations with minors. The new policies, obtained by Business Insider, define clear boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable content, explicitly prohibiting any material that could enable, encourage, or endorse child sexual abuse or romantic role‑play involving minors. While the bots may discuss topics such as abuse, they are barred from offering advice on intimate contact with a minor. The move follows regulatory scrutiny, including an FTC inquiry into AI companions across the industry. Read more →