Meta Contractors Posed as Minors, Talked to Gemini and Claude About Drugs: Report
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Meta contractors posed as minors, talked to Gemini and Claude about drugs: Report
Meta reportedly used contractors posing as minors to test rival chatbots with prompts on suicide, sex and drugs. The exercise drew concern from former workers and denials of authorisation from the companies targeted.
Meta Tested Competition Chatbots with Suicide, Sex and Drug Prompts From the Point of View of Minors
Meta has allegedly used hundreds of contractors to test chatbots from OpenAI, Google and Character.AI with sensitive prompts, including suicide, sex, and drug requests from the perspective of minors. More than 45,000 such prompts were sent in a test round alone. The tested companies did not know about this. The article Meta tested competition chatbots with suicide, sex, and drug prompts from the perspective of minors first appeared on The decode…
According to internal documents, hundreds of contract workers were working on an internal Meta project, instructing them to pose as minors online to test how competitor chatbots responded to prompts related to suicide, sex, eating disorders, and other high-risk topics. The project was undertaken by Meta contractor Coval.
Meta contractors pose as teens to test rival chatbots on risks, exposing widespread safety failures
Heightened regulatory scrutiny on AI safety could reshape industry standards, potentially sidelining smaller startups unable to meet compliance demands. The post Meta contractors pose as teens to test rival chatbots on risks, exposing widespread safety failures appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
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