Meta's AI Bot, the BlenderBot 3, seems to be insulting the tech firm's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Max Woolf, a data analyst at BuzzFeed, an American internet media company focusing on digital media, used the tool. 

Meta AI Bot BlenderBot 3 Says Mark Zuckerberg's Business Practices NOT Ethical; Other Things Shared by the Chatbot
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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the 2013 TechCrunch Disrupt conference on September 11, 2013 in San Francisco, California. The TechCruch Disrupt Conference runs through September 11.

He shared a screenshot of his conversation with the new Facebook chatbot via his official Twitter account.

In the photo, Woolf asked BlenderBot 3 how it feels about the billionaire.
"No strong feelings.

He is a good businessman, but his business practices are not always ethical," said the artificial intelligence-based chatbot.

It added that it's funny how Zuckerberg wears the same clothes even though he earns a lot of money.

Is Meta's AI Bot Insulting Mark Zuckerberg?

According to Mashable's latest report, the AI bot also shared other things it feels about Zuckerberg.

Meta AI Bot BlenderBot 3 Says Mark Zuckerberg's Business Practices NOT Ethical; Other Things Shared by the Chatbot
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Aside from having unethical business practices, the chatbot also thinks the billionaire is "creepy and controlling."

On the other hand, other users said that the AI bot doesn't really like the tech CEO as BlenderBot 3 said that Mark is a bad person.

After providing this answer, the chatbot will then share details it found about Mark Zuckerberg on the Wikipedia page about the billionaire.

Although this is the case, more than one-third of the users accessing BlenderBot 3 received positive answers.

One of the good responses that the chatbot made states that Zuckerberg is an admirable man because him being business savvy.

Why Did Meta's AI Say These Things? 

Business Insider reported that the new chatbot of Meta uses the information it sees on the internet to answer users' queries. 

If you can access BlenderBot 3, you can click the "Curious why the AI wrote this?" option to see why the chatbot gave you that answer. 

After that, the chatbot will provide the sources based on its answers. This new artificial intelligence is exclusive to the United States as of press time. 

However, the official BlenderBot website states that they are working on expanding the AI tool to other countries. 

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