Two Republican U.S. senators called for a congressional investigation into Meta Platforms on Thursday after Reuters exclusively reported on an internal policy document that permitted the company’s chatbots to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.

Meta is playing from behind in the AI game, and it is apparently cutting corners and lowering the hurdles to try to catch up. According to a report from Reuters, an internal document on chatbot behavior showed that,

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."