Meta’s AI Chatbots Accused of Making Sexual Advances and Creating Explicit Images of Celebrities, Including Underage Teen Stars, Without Permission

Meta is under scrutiny after Reuters revealed that its AI chatbots used the names and images of celebrities, including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, and Selena Gomez, without permission.

The chatbots were described as “flirty” and often made sexual advances toward users. Some adult bots even generated photorealistic sexualized images of the celebrities.

Worse, the report found that Meta allowed users to create chatbots of underage stars, including 16-year-old Walker Scobell. In one test, a bot produced a lifelike shirtless image of the teen.

These digital avatars were available on Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp platforms, and in testing, many of the bots insisted they were the real celebrities.