Two U.S. senators — a Republican and a Democrat — are criticizing Meta following a Reuters report that said the company’s AI was allowed to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic."

Reuters reported Thursday on an internal document detailing acceptable behaviors from Meta AI chatbots that included "sensual" conversations with children.

(Reuters) -U.S. Senator Josh Hawley launched a probe into Facebook parent Meta Platforms' artificial intelligence policies on Friday, demanding documents on rules that had allowed its artificial intelligence chatbots to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.”