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AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban

The Guardian ·First reported
The GuardianAI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban
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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…

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