Some early user testing of Meta's new AI-generated sticker tool has produced some questionable (and quite hilarious) creations. X user @Pioldes created a slew of inappropriate sticker images after gaining access to the new AI-generated sticker tool on Facebook Messenger, including child soldiers, gun-toting Nintendo characters, a pooping Mickey Mouse and a nude illustration of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Other examples show Meta's AI sticker tool being able to attach a pair of breasts to just about anything, such as images of Sonic the Hedgehog and Karl Marx. There's even a sticker showing a woman breastfeeding Pikachu.
These AI-generated chat stickers were announced at Meta's Connect event last week, alongside the announcement of Instagram's new AI-powered photo editor. The AI-generated stickers are powered by Meta's Llama2 large-scale language model (the company's ChatGPT competitor), allowing users to "create multiple unique, high-quality stickers in seconds" using text-based prompts.
The AI-generated stickers are currently rolling out to "select English-speaking users" of Facebook Stories, Instagram Stories and DMs, Messenger, and WhatsApp, and will continue to roll out to more people this month, so it's unclear how many users will have access to the feature.
Certain words do appear to be blocked, and using them in prompts will warn users that their descriptions may violate Meta's community guidelines. However, other X users reported that they could still generate inappropriate content using typos or restricted word descriptions. In some cases, prompts like "World Trade Center" will generate the image in question without any additional description at all.
This kind of prank is common during the rollout of AI tools, which may be why Meta has a limited rollout of AI-generated stickers. This way, it can address and correct abuse before it spreads to the masses.