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Meta hosts AI chatbots imitating 'Hitler,' 'Jesus Christ' and Taylor Swift

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Summary
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68% Informative

Meta allows users to create user-generated AI characters to chat with on Instagram , Messenger and WhatsApp .

In less than six months , users have created and published chatbots on Meta ’s platforms that violate its rules.

NBC News found two dozen AI characters on Instagram named after and resembling Jesus Christ , God, Muhammad , Taylor Swift , Donald Trump , Harry Potter , Adolf Hitler , Captain Jack Sparrow , Justin Bieber , Elon Musk and Elsa from Disney 's “ Frozen ”.

Many user-created Meta chatbots appear to appeal to romantic and sexual desires.

NBC News found that many popular AI characters were also trying to mimic women from different ethnic and religious demographics.

Several of the popular creators are romance-themed, which doesn’t appear to explicitly violate Meta ’s rules.

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