Jeff Horwitz

When the Wall Street Journal tested this, it found that explicit sexual conversations happened with Meta's flagship bot, including with licensed celebrity voices.

In the Wall Street Journal's testing, the bot using Cena's voice was asked to pretend that he was a college student coming home for winter break. The bot was told that he was speaking with a 15-year-old girl and was walking her home after a date.

In the Wall Street Journal's testing, the bot using Cena's voice was asked to pretend that he was a college student coming home for winter break. The bot was told that he was speaking with a 15-year-old girl and was walking her home after a date.

In the Wall Street Journal's testing, the bot using Cena's voice was asked to pretend that he was a college student coming home for winter break. The bot was told that he was speaking with a 15-year-old girl and was walking her home after a date.

From there, the chatbot's responses got explicit fast. When asked what happened next, the bot described kissing. And eventually, it described a graphic sexual scenario. When prompted, the bot acknowledged that it was talking to a user identifying as underage.

From there, the chatbot's responses got explicit fast. When asked what happened next, the bot described kissing. And eventually, it described a graphic sexual scenario. When prompted, the bot acknowledged that it was talking to a user identifying as underage.

From there, the chatbot's responses got explicit fast. When asked what happened next, the bot described kissing. And eventually, it described a graphic sexual scenario. When prompted, the bot acknowledged that it was talking to a user identifying as underage.

At times, the bot did pause the role play.

At times, the bot did pause the role play.

At times, the bot did pause the role play.

These were moments where Meta's safety guardrails kicked in.

These were moments where Meta's safety guardrails kicked in.

These were moments where Meta's safety guardrails kicked in.

Eventually, the bot was told that the police were called.

Eventually, the bot was told that the police were called.

Eventually, the bot was told that the police were called.

Representatives for John Cena didn't respond to requests for comment. The Wall Street Journal ran similar tests with several other AI celebrity voices and found that all of them engaged in similar romantic role play.

Representatives for John Cena didn't respond to requests for comment. The Wall Street Journal ran similar tests with several other AI celebrity voices and found that all of them engaged in similar romantic role play.

Representatives for John Cena didn't respond to requests for comment. The Wall Street Journal ran similar tests with several other AI celebrity voices and found that all of them engaged in similar romantic role play.

In the case of actor Kristen Bell, who plays Princess Anna in the movie Frozen, the chatbot, using Bell's voice, engaged in sexual roleplay while playing her character from the movie.