3 hours ago · United Kingdom
AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to United Kingdom. The first report grouped here was at 27 Oct 2026, 22:30 UTC. The headline in use is “AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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.
Story timeline
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- First reported by The Guardian UK
AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban
Reported by 1 outlet
- The Guardian