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AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban

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 wer ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1790#8217)

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  1. 2026-10-29 00:00 · AI Incident Database
    AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban

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