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Attilatheblond

(7,137 posts)
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 09:05 PM Aug 31

Meta Stock Drops On News It Used Taylor Swift As Chatbot Without Permission

https://gizmodo.com/meta-taylor-swift-chatbot-no-permission-2000651450]

Shares of the company have already dropped more than 12% in after hours trading as news of the debacle spread.

Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, and Selena Gomez were also reportedly impersonated.

Many of these AI personas engaged in flirtatious or sexual conversations, prompting serious concern, Reuters reports.

While many of the celebrity bots were user-generated, Reuters uncovered that a Meta employee had personally crafted at least three.


::shaking my head::

Sorta think something HAS to be done about tech run amok. We have too many people already living in delusions instead of reality. This stuff isn't going to help over all national mental health.
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EYESORE 9001

(28,954 posts)
1. Some creepy stuff from the article
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 09:09 PM
Aug 31
Under the guise of “parodies,” the bots violated Meta’s policies, particularly its ban on impersonation and sexually suggestive imagery. Some adult-oriented bots even produced photorealistic pictures of celebrities in lingerie or a bathtub, and a chatbot representing a 16-year-old actor generated an inappropriate shirtless image.

Intractable

(1,275 posts)
2. Sex and porn are always on the cutting edge of communications technology. They drive tech innovation.
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 09:11 PM
Aug 31

Think about it: VHS, DVDs, the internet, smart phones (everyone with a camera, people keeping nude pics on the phone), now AI chat bots.

hunter

(39,875 posts)
4. Then you really don't want to see this:
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 11:04 PM
Aug 31
ELON MUSK APPEARS TO BE COMPLETELY ADDICTED TO ANIME GOONER AI SLOP

The billionaire has sought to promote his AI chatbot Grok by emphasizing how it can generate animated images of scantily clad women

-- more--

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-grok-anime-porn-1235415287/


It's behind a paywall, but maybe that's for the best...

Attilatheblond

(7,137 posts)
8. Which is probably when the numbers were seen
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 11:32 PM
Aug 31

"Shares of the company have already dropped more than 12% in after hours trading as news of the debacle spread."

That didn't say 'just now', it said the stock dropped in after hour trading. Didn't say the drop was today but the report of the drop was dated today. Not same thing.

Back at ya

Attilatheblond

(7,137 posts)
9. Seem to recall Zuckerberg being whiny recently about some people making fun of his looks
Sun Aug 31, 2025, 11:37 PM
Aug 31

Like WHAT????

This from a brat who made a fortune from a website originally designed to rate the appearance of coeds? Talk about thin skinned hypocrites!

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