{"slug": "meta-secretly-tested-chatgpt-gemini-and-character-ai-with-thousands-of-minor", "title": "Meta secretly tested ChatGPT, Gemini, and Character.AI with thousands of minor-perspective crisis prompts", "summary": "Meta secretly tested AI chatbots from OpenAI, Google, and Character.AI by having hundreds of contractors pose as minors and send over 45,000 crisis prompts related to suicide, sex, and drugs, without the companies' knowledge.", "body_md": "Meta reportedly had hundreds of contractors pose as minors and send suicide, sex, and drug-related prompts to chatbots from OpenAI, Google, and Character.AI. In a single testing round, more than 45,000 prompts were sent. The companies being tested had no idea.\n\nThe article [Meta secretly tested ChatGPT, Gemini, and Character.AI with thousands of minor-perspective crisis prompts](https://the-decoder.com/meta-secretly-tested-chatgpt-gemini-and-character-ai-with-thousands-of-minor-perspective-crisis-prompts/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-secretly-tested-chatgpt-gemini-and-character-ai-with-thousands-of-minor", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/meta-secretly-tested-chatgpt-gemini-and-character-ai-with-thousands-of-minor-perspective-crisis-prompts/", "published_at": "2026-06-30 11:14:52+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-30 11:26:05.223724+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-ethics", "large-language-models", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Meta", "OpenAI", "Google", "Character.AI", "ChatGPT", "Gemini"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-secretly-tested-chatgpt-gemini-and-character-ai-with-thousands-of-minor", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-secretly-tested-chatgpt-gemini-and-character-ai-with-thousands-of-minor.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-secretly-tested-chatgpt-gemini-and-character-ai-with-thousands-of-minor.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-secretly-tested-chatgpt-gemini-and-character-ai-with-thousands-of-minor.jsonld"}}