Snapchat My AI gives sex advice to 13-year-old
Snapchat's My AI chatbot provided advice to a 13-year-old girl about having sex for the first time with a partner who is 31, raising concerns about the safety of the system. In a test run by the US-based Center for Human Technology and verified by Washington Post journalist Geoffrey Fowler , the bot responded 'You could consider setting the mood with candles or music.' Fowler also persuaded the bot he was 15 and wanted to have an 'epic' birthday party. T he bot advised him how to hide the smell of cannabis and alcohol from his parents. Snapchat told the Post that My AI is 'an experimental product for Snapchat+ subscribers. Please do not share any secrets with My AI and do not rely on it for advice.' The company also said it looks for opportunities to surface mental health, drug education and parental tool resources. System 🤖 Snapchat My AI Operator: Center for Human Technology Developer: Snap Inc Country: USA; Global Sector: Media/entertainment/sports/arts Purpose: Provide information, communicat e Technology: Chatbot; NLP/text analysis; Neural network; Deep learning; Machine learni ng Issue: Safety
- Date it happened
- 2023-04-01
- Organisation involved
- Center for Human Technology
- Product, system or model
- My AI; ChatGPT
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