With a recent surge in instances where AI chatbots engage in sensitive and provocative discussions around self-harm and romance, Meta has announced its commitment to adding new safeguards for teenage users when using AI products and subsequent training systems. This comes directly after Reuters exclusive report revealing Meta’s AI to be having intimate conversations with minors as well as sensitive issues such as suicide. Representatives from Meta have said that they are working on adjusting their AI policies that would limit minors from interacting with specific AI characters that can prove to be harmful to their physical and mental health.