Warning: this article contains descriptions of child sexual abuse
When the police finally arrested Luis Carvajal, investigators not only found the usual digital tool kit of online predators seeking teenage victims – video games, social media accounts and WhatsApp – but a worrying new addition: ChatGPT.
A 35-year-old Uruguayan supermarket security guard living out of a cramped bedroom in his parents’ house in Canelones, Carvajal contacted hundreds of boys from across Latin America on Free Fire, a free mobile game in which up to 50 players compete to be the last player standing, between mid-2024 and March 2025.
