Meta is temporarily pulling teens' access from its AI chatbot characters The company has faced scrutiny after reports that underage users were able to have sexual conversations with its chabot characters. Meta is barring teens from its character chatbots until further notice. Meta will no longer allow teens to chat with its AI chatbot characters in their present form. The company announced Friday that it will be temporarily pausing teens' access to existing AI characters globally. The pause comes months after Meta had said it was working on chatbot-focused parental controls following reports that some of Meta's character chatbots had engaged in sexual conversations and other alarming interactions with teens.