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Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs
Hundreds of contractors working for Meta were instructed to pose as minors and probe competitor chatbots on suicide, sex, and drugs. The project, managed by Covalen and called Cannes, targeted ChatGPT, Gemini, and Character.AI, running over 45,000 prompts. Meta defended it as routine safety testing.
Jun 29, 2026 1 source
