New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- 44 US Attorneys General have signed an open letter to the chief executive officers of top-11 AI companies, warning them that they will "answer for it" if their chatbots cause harm to children. The Attorneys General also requested the CEOs to look at children they are targeting with the new technology "through the eyes of a parent, not the eyes of a predator."

The AGs mentioned a recent report by Reuters which, while citing an internal Meta document, stated that Meta allowed its AI chatbot to "flirt and engage in romantic roleplay with children."

Prior to the letter from the AGs, two US Republican senators had also called for an investigation into the matter.

Another Reuters report had also recently highlighted how...