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Students use 'rage bait' and AI bots to sway fictional election
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. ABC Australia is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 30 Oct 2026, 18:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Students use 'rage bait' and AI bots to sway fictional election”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
A fictional election in "Kingstonia" is helping students at UNSW learn how to manipulate and sway voters on social media by using AI bots.
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Students use 'rage bait' and AI bots to sway fictional election
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