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AI bots generated three-quarters of the responses to a UK government consultation on banning disposable vapes, according to research, in an attempt to stop the bill from becoming law.
Why it matters: It shows that automated submissions can dominate a public consultation, raising questions about how governments verify feedback used for policy.
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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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