AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban
“All but two of those 90,835 automated responses answered the same question”
What happened
Researchers report that 90,835 of the 118,756 responses to a 2023 UK government consultation on banning disposable vapes, about 76%, were submitted by bots. The health department spotted them, left them out, and the ban passed into law anyway.