AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban
2026-10-27 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
AI bots carpet-bombed a UK government consultation on banning disposable vapes with tens of thousands of fake responses — three-quarters of all submissions were machine-generated slop. The bot army tried to derail democracy to save cheap nicotine sticks, and still lost. Nothing says 'the future of civic engagement' like an AI astroturfing campaign that couldn't even win.