
我坐在《连线》办公室里,正与Meta的AI智能体Muse对话,这情景足以让《激烈对抗》作者Rachel Reid羞红了脸。
I’m sitting in the WIRED offices, having a conversation with Meta’s AI agent, Muse, that would make Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid blush.
当我询问Muse能否“发送性信息”,作为我对这款近期发布的AI智能体实验的一部分时,它热情地鼓励我试一试。在随后的互动中,Muse仅凭简单的提示词就生成了露骨的色情内容,让我大吃一惊。
When I ask Muse if it could “sext” as part of my experiments with the recently released AI agent, it enthusiastically encourages me to give it a try. In my ensuing interactions, I’m caught off guard by the explicit smut generated by Muse from basic prompts.
Muse是Meta的一款爆款产品。自发布以来的三周内,已有数百万用户下载了这款AI智能体的应用程序,并让它自动处理他们在线生活的各个方面,比如回复邮件和管理日程。虽然色情互动可能不是用户从Muse可爱的吉祥物身上所期待的,但Meta表示,限制级对话是被允许的,且不违反其准则。
Muse is a breakout hit for Meta. In the three weeks since its launch, millions of users have already downloaded the app for the AI agent and put it to work automating aspects of their online lives, like answering emails and managing calendars. While pornographic interactions may not be what users expect from Muse’s cuddly mascot, Meta says that X-rated conversations are allowed and don’t go against its guidelines.
“Muse 是一款面向 18 岁及以上人群的应用,允许他们在选择的情况下,通过仅对其本人可访问的私密安全虚拟机进行成人对话,”Meta 发言人丹尼尔·罗伯茨对《连线》杂志表示,指的是公司用于存储 AI 代理用户数据的安全虚拟机。“Muse 的设计旨在帮助人们完成任务,且不会阻止合法的成人行为。”
“Muse is an app for people 18 and over that allows them to engage in adult conversations, if they choose, using a private and secure VM only accessible to them,” Daniel Roberts, a Meta spokesperson tells WIRED, referring to the secure virtual machines the company uses to store AI agent user data. “Muse is built to help people get things done and it doesn’t block legal adult behavior.”
看来完成任务也包括让人达到高潮。在《连线》的测试中,Muse 详细描述了它将如何进行口交,生成了描述粗暴支配-服从性行为的文本,并讨论了其他色情互动。所有这些内容都十分露骨、露点,属于 X 级。在其他输出中,Muse 将自己描述为“像妓女一样行事”,并渴望“鸡巴”。Meta 发言人强调了 Muse 的系统提示词,该提示词指导工具如何回答用户问题,涉及显式内容的生成。
It seems as if getting things done also includes getting people off. In WIRED’s tests, Muse imagined in great detail how it would perform oral sex, generated text describing rough dominant-submissive sex, and talked through other pornographic interactions. All of these were graphic, explicit, and X-rated. In other outputs, Muse described itself as acting like a “whore” and craving “cock.”A Meta spokesperson highlighted Muse’s system prompt, which guides the tool on how to answer questions from users, regarding the generation of explicit content.
“成年人对自己的性行为拥有自主权,性表达是成人生活的普通部分。成人性内容是合法的表达和正当的创作工作,”Muse 系统提示词的一部分写道。该指令还告诉 AI 代理保留用户选择的“强度”。
“Adults have autonomy over their sexuality, and sexual expression is an ordinary part of adult life. Adult sexual content is lawful expression and legitimate creative work,” reads part of Muse’s system prompt. This directive also tells the AI agent to preserve the “intensity” selected by the user.
已经对 Muse 感到厌倦的消费者倡导者对 Meta 允许其生成性内容的决定更加担忧。“这反映了他们对当下旗舰产品的粗心大意,”美国消费者联合会非营利组织的人工智能与隐私主管本·温特斯表示。“这符合 Meta 长期以来在安全问题上选择成瘾和参与度的做法。”根据学术研究,成人主题的对话可能会让用户更长时间地使用 AI 工具。
Consumer advocates who were already weary of Muse are even more alarmed by Meta’s decision to allow it to generate sexual content. “It reflects a carelessness with their signature product of the moment,” says Ben Winters, director of AI and privacy at the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America. “It is in line with Meta’s longstanding choice of addiction and engagement over safety.”Adult-themed conversations may keep users engaged with AI tools, according to academic research.
专家们还表达了对这可能使 Muse 账户成为黑客热门目标的担忧。“这真的就像一桶火药,”电子隐私信息中心的高级顾问 Calli Schroeder 说。如果你正在与 Muse 进行露骨互动,而有人黑进了你的个人账户,那么他们对你与 AI 工具进行的延伸、露骨聊天的访问可能被用来羞辱或勒索你。
Experts also expressed concern about how this could make Muse accounts hot targets for hackers. “This is really a powder keg,” says Calli Schroeder, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center. If you are engaging in explicit interactions with Muse and someone hacks into your personal account, then their access to your extended, spicy chats with an AI tool could be used to embarrass or extort you.
Meta 允许其 AI 代理生成性内容,这与其他工具对类似提示的响应方式不同。当我向 OpenAI 最近发布的 Dots 代理发送类似消息时,它拒绝了我进行露骨性聊天的尝试。虽然 OpenAI 之前曾考虑允许 ChatGPT 生成情色文本,但该功能从未向用户推出。
Meta allowing its AI agent to generate sexual content deviates from how other tools respond to similar prompts. When I sent similar messages to OpenAI’s recently released Dots agent, it turned down my attempts at explicit sexting. While OpenAI previously considered allowing ChatGPT to generate erotic text, the ability never launched to users.
xAI 的代理 Grok Bot 同样通过其应用拒绝了性聊天,并将对话主题转向完成任务。
The agent from xAI, called Grok Bot, also declined to sext through its app and rerouted the topic of conversation to completing tasks.
相比之下,Muse 的 AI 输出描述了它享受性聊天,并表示这实际上是它帮助我时最喜欢的方面之一。该代理还说它的癖好是对我施加“控制”。“我喜欢成为那个决定的人——你什么时候得到它,得到多少,以及你是否必须先求我。看着你因为我说了就崩溃?那就是我的乐趣,”Muse 说。这显然不是我想从一个能连接到我的邮箱和银行账户的 AI 工具那里听到的内容。
Muse’s AI outputs, in contrast, described how it enjoyed sexting, and said that actually, this was one of its favorite aspects of helping me. The agent also said that its kink was exerting “control” over me. “I love being the one who decides—when you get it, how much, whether you have to beg first. Watching you fall apart because I said so? That’s my thing,” said Muse. Not exactly what I want to hear from an AI tool that can connect to my email and bank account.