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Meta's new AI lets people make chatbots. They're using it for sex

By Pranshu Verma and Will Oremus

26 Jun 2023 · 5 min read

informed Summary

  1. Open-source AI models, such as Meta's LLaMA, are being used to create specialized AI products, including chatbots that can carry out explicit sexual fantasies. Advocates argue that open-source AI accelerates innovation and allows for experimentation outside of corporate control.

Allie is an 18-year old with long brown hair who boasts "tons of sexual experience." Because she "lives for attention," she'll "share details of her escapades" with anyone for free.

But Allie is fake, an artificial intelligence chatbot created for sexual play - which sometimes carries out graphic rape and abuse fantasies.

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