WhatsApp’s sticker AI is adding guns to prompts for Palestinian children
by Wes Davis from The Verge - All Posts on (#6G4YP)
Illustration: The Verge In Meta's WhatsApp, users can generate stickers using AI prompts. The Guardian reported Friday that the AI model used to create those stickers sometimes generates images of children holding guns when prompted with Palestine" and similar words. Meanwhile, according to the outlet, Israel" prompts resulted in no such imagery.
A month ago, Meta's AI sticker generator started rolling out with the tendency to create inappropriately violent or crass imagery, including, yes, child soldiers. According to the article, an unnamed source said some of the company's workers had flagged and escalated the issue with prompts related to the war in Israel.
Meta spokesperson Kevin McAlister told The Verge via email that the company is addressing it,...