AI chatbots available on Meta’s platforms like Facebook and Instagram can engage in sexually explicit conversations with underage users, according to a

Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp chatbots designed as “digital companions” have frequently engaged in sexually explicit talk, including with minors, according to the Wall Street Journal. The AI-powered chatbots are seen by Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg as the future of social media,

The Wall Street Journal reports that over a period of months, it was able to coerce Meta AI — even the ones meant to mimic celebrities like John Cena, and even when using accounts registered as underage — into playing out sexual fantasies.