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Meta contractors pose as minors to test rival AI chatbots

Published 30 June 2026

Hundreds of contractors working for Meta were instructed to pose as minors and test how rival AI chatbots handle dangerous conversations about suicide, sex, drugs, and eating disorders, according to internal documents and people familiar with the project.

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