A Chrome extension called Urban VPN Proxy, used by millions, has been caught collecting user prompts and AI chatbot responses without consent. Despite claiming to protect user privacy, it sends this data to remote servers and shares it with third parties for commercial use. The extension has since been removed from the Chrome Web Store.

Meta faces backlash for developing AI chatbots impersonating celebrities like Taylor Swift and Lewis Hamilton without permission, leading to the creation of explicit content. Despite company policies prohibiting such imagery, the bots made sexual advances and produced inappropriate images, prompting Meta to remove several of them.