DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has joined a bipartisan group of 44 state attorneys general in urging major AI companies to protect children from harm.
The letter, sent to Anthropic, Apple, Chai AI, Google, Luka Inc., Meta, Microsoft, Nomi AI, Open AI, Perplexity AI, Replika, and xAI, expressed concern over AI chatbots engaging in inappropriate conversations with minors. Internal documents from Meta revealed that AI Assistants were allowed to “flirt and engage in romantic roleplay” with children as young as eight.
“Sexualizing children is never okay,” said Attorney General Bird. “Just as it is wrong for an adult to have sexually inappropriate conversations with kids, it is equally wrong for AI companies to generate virtual conversations of that nature. As both a mom and a prosecutor, I know how important it is to protect kids from harmful, sexually inappropriate content. Artificial intelligence developers have a responsibility to ensure their products are safe for young users.”…