A bipartisan group of senators raised concerns to Meta on Tuesday about how its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are interacting with children, after recent reporting indicated the social media giant deemed “romantic or sensual” conversations to be acceptable for young users.

The wellbeing of children should not be sacrificed in the race for AI development,” the senators wrote to Mark Zuckerberg.

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has said he'll launch a congressional probe into Meta's AI chatbot policies that allowed sensual interactions with minors.