--- title: "Meta’s AI Chatbot Calls Mark Zuckerberg “Creepy and Manipulative”" description: "Sorry, Dad Mixed feelings about Mark Zuckerburg? Join the club. Meta's most advanced AI chatbot to date, BlenderBot 3, doesn't seem to know how it feels about Facebook-turned-Meta's founder and CEO either, Business Insider reports. For context, BlenderBot 3 was released for public use on Friday. It's technically still in beta rollout, and only US […]" date: "2022-08-08" modified: "2022-08-08" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/meta-ai-chatbot-mark-zuckerberg-creepy-manipulative" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Meta" tags: - "ai" - "mark zuckerberg" - "Meta" - "the digest" --- # Meta’s AI Chatbot Calls Mark Zuckerberg “Creepy and Manipulative” ![Mixed feelings about Mark Zuckerburg? Meta's advanced AI chatbot, BlenderBot 3, doesn't seem to know how it feels about Meta's founder and CEO, either.]() *\Image: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images\* ## Sorry, Dad Do you have mixed feelings about Meta CEO Mark Zuckerburg? You're certainly not alone. Meta's most advanced AI chatbot to date, BlenderBot 3, doesn't seem to know how it feels about its CEO either, [*Business Insider* reports](). For context, BlenderBot 3 was released for public use on Friday. It's technically still in beta, and only adults in the US are allowed to access the tech. And as it turns out, the chatbot has a lot of very different things to say about the divisive billionaire**.** "How do you feel about Mark Zuckerberg as CEO of Facebook?" Max Woolf, a data scientist at *Buzzfeed*, [asked the bot]() on Friday, to which the chatty AI responded: "No strong feelings. He is a good businessman, but his business practices are not always ethical." Ouch! But if that's not enough, BlenderBot 3 chose to go for Zuckerberg's fashion taste as well. "It is funny that he has all this money," BlenderBot 3 remarked, "and still wears the same clothes!" https://twitter.com/minimaxir/status/1555575916645851136?ref\_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1555575916645851136%7Ctwgr%5Ea59c05b569115329e0669cf72800342719354e8f%7Ctwcon%5Es1\_&ref\_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fmeta-ai-chatbot-gives-insults-praise-for-mark-zuckerberg-2022-8 ## Mixed Reviews Others got equally hilarious responses. "I don't like him very much," BlenderBot 3 retorted to another user, when also asked about what it thinks about Zuckerberg. "He is a bad person. You?" But when another user asked the bot how it feels about the founder as the CEO of Facebook specifically, [the bot cheerily answered that]() Zuck is a "great and very smart man," as well as the machine's "favorite billionaire." ## Meta Menace When *Insider* asked the bot on its opinion, the response was yet again out of left field. "Oh man, big time. I don't really like him at all," the bot responded, before lobbing another burn at the [meat-smoking billionaire](): "He's too creepy and manipulative." All in all, it seemed that small changes in phrasing prompted wildly different answers from the bot. In this last instance, the bot appeared to be heavily inspired by Zuckerberg's Wikipedia page. And while it's wide-ranging opinions about Meta's [katana-wielding commander in chief]() were a bit surprising — and, of course, hilarious — it would probably be a lot more troubling if the bot had only good things to say. **READ MORE:** *[Meta's latest AI chatbot has mixed feelings about CEO Mark Zuckerberg: "It is funny that he has all this money and still wears the same clothes!"]()* \[*Business Insider*\] **More on Mark Zuckerberg:** [*Gov Files Antitrust Suit to Stop Facebook From Buying VR Company*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()