Topic
teens
Technology 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.
Technology Teens Who Hacked TfL Were Known to Police Years Before Cyber-Attack, BBC Reveals
A BBC investigation has revealed that two teenagers convicted of the 2024 cyber-attack on Transport for London (TfL) had long histories of cyber-offending and were known to law enforcement years before the breach. The attack disrupted TfL services for months, affected millions of people's personal data, and required all 28,000 TfL employees to reset their passwords in person. The case highlights challenges in curbing young cyber-criminals and has prompted calls for stronger legal powers, such as proposed Cyber Crime Risk Orders.