AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban
The Guardian Business ·
Three-quarters of all responses were machine-generated in failed attempt to stop bill from passing into law, research finds AI bots flooded a government consultation with tens of thousands of fake responses in a failed attempt to stop the UK’s ban on disposable vapes. Three-quarters of all the responses to the 2023 consultation on the tobacco and vapes bill were machine-generated, in what is thought to be the first coordinated attempt to use AI to derail health policymaking in the UK. Continue reading...
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- The Guardian Business
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- 10/27/2026, 10:30:45 PM
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- United Kingdom
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