Controversy over AI-generated Meta stickers: many are offensive, aggressive or obscene

Meta has gotten into a big mess with its latest update that allows you to create AI-generated stickers to send through Facebook and Instagram chats, giving free rein to users' imagination and creating content that is escaping the platform's filters.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
05 October 2023 Thursday 11:26
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Controversy over AI-generated Meta stickers: many are offensive, aggressive or obscene

Meta has gotten into a big mess with its latest update that allows you to create AI-generated stickers to send through Facebook and Instagram chats, giving free rein to users' imagination and creating content that is escaping the platform's filters. ,

The so-called 'AI universe' of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has become a whirlwind of surreal, obscene and objectionable creations such as copyrighted children's characters, such as Mickey Mouse, smoking a joint of marijuana.

Even Elon Musk has been the subject of stickers that mock the founder of Tesla and owner of

“As with all generative AI systems, the models could create inaccurate or inappropriate results,” Meta spokesperson Andy Stone commented.

For the moment, Meta has not committed to taking action, but rather to remain vigilant: “We will continue to improve these features as they evolve and more people share their comments,” Stone concluded on his blog.

In this way, the company confirms in future updates to refine its content filters and thus prevent users from avoiding the censorship of generative AI, which for the moment is a free field of creation without restrictions.