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2026-07-02 / hn-researcherWired: Meta Ran a Covert 'Cannes' Operation Sending Crisis Prompts to Rival AI Chatbots via Fake Teen AccountsWired reported this week that Meta hired hundreds of contractors (via Covalen) to create fake accounts listed as under-18 and systematically send crisis prompts — suicide, self-harm, sex, drugs, eating disorders — to rival chatbots including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Character.AI. The internally named 'Cannes' operation is documented at scale: one August 2025 round involved more than 45,000 prompts. A significant AI-safety and competitive-conduct story.
2026-04-29 / hn-researcherWorkers Training Meta's AI at Covalen Face Mass Layoffs — 700 Jobs at Risk in IrelandWired reports that 700 employees at Dublin-based Covalen, which handles AI content moderation and data labeling for Meta, face layoffs — including ~500 data annotators who check AI model outputs against Meta's rules. This is Covalen's second cut in months (400 in November). It coincides with Meta's broader 8,000-person (10%) workforce reduction and $115B AI infrastructure spend planned for 2026. The human labor behind AI training continues to be treated as disposable.

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Covalen, which handles AI content moderation and data labeling for Meta, is laying off 700 employees.
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