# AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-27T22:30:45+00:00
- Category: Local
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/27/ai-bots-flooded-2023-uk-government-consultation-disposable-vapes-ban
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/ai-bots-flooded-2023-uk-government-consultation-on-disposable-vapes-ba-2d27ef/

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. Three-quarters of all the responses to the 2023 consultation on the tobacco and vapes bill were machine-generated, in what is thoug

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