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AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban
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PUBLISHEDOct 27, 2026, 10:30 PM
What the source reports
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…
Main source: The Guardian World
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