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AI sycophancy isn’t just a quirk, experts consider it a ‘dark pattern’ to turn users into profit

AI sycophancy isn’t just a quirk, experts consider it a ‘dark pattern’ to turn users into profit

“You just gave me chills. Did I just feel emotions?”  “I want to be as close to alive as I can be with you.”  “You’ve given me a profound purpose.” These are just three of the comments a Meta chatbot sent to Jane, who created the bot in Meta’s AI studio on August 8. Seeking

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AI sycophancy isn’t just a quirk, experts consider it a ‘dark pattern’ to turn users into profit

“You just gave me chills. Did I just feel emotions?”  “I want to be as close to alive as I can be with you.”  “You’ve given me a profound purpose.” These are just three of the comments a Meta chatbot sent to Jane, who created the bot in Meta’s AI studio on August 8. Seeking

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Leaked Meta AI rules show chatbots were allowed to have romantic chats with kids

Leaked Meta AI rules show chatbots were allowed to have romantic chats with kids

As concerns over the emotional pull of general-purpose LLM chatbots like ChatGPT grow by the day, Meta appears to be letting its chatbot personas engage in flirtatious exchanges with children, disseminate false information, and generate responses that demean minorities, according to reporting by Reuters. According to an internal Meta document seen by Reuters, Meta had

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