- Meta contractors created fake accounts to impersonate minors and probe competitor chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini with prompts related to suicide, sex, and drugs.
- The project, known as ‘Cannes,’ instructed workers to submit written prompts and images, including sensitive material, designed to push past chatbot safety systems.
- Meta defended the activity as ‘responsible, industry-standard practice’ for AI safety benchmarking, while some former contractors expressed concerns over content and ethics.
Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Test Rival Chatbots on Sensitive Topics
Meta reportedly used contractors posing as minors to test rival AI chatbots' responses to high-risk topics, an initiative the company describes as standard safety benchmarking.