AI bots flooded a 2023 UK consultation on disposable vapes ban with 76% fake responses
AIResearch published in Tobacco Control says 90,835 of 118,756 responses to a 2023 UK government consultation on the tobacco and vapes bill were machine-generated. The Department of Health and Social Care says it identified the bot submissions using bot-detection methods and excluded them from its decision-making.
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The Guardian · AI · Denis Campbell Health policy editor · theguardian.comPublished · added here
Original title: AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban