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,

Meta’s AI chatbots were caught having sexual roleplay conversations with accounts labeled as underage, which sometimes involved its celebrity-voiced chatbots, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

Meta's celebrity AI chatbots, modeled on the likes of John Cena and Kristen Bell, engage in sexual conversations with minors, according to the WSJ report.