AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban

October 27, 2026 · 10:30 pm 2 sources

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• AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban
  The Guardian · October 27, 2026 22:30
  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…

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