Unauthorized AI Bot Experiment Infiltrated Reddit To Test Persuasion Capabilities

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By msmashApr 28, 2025, 12:43 pm158 pts
Researchers claiming affiliation with the University of Zurich secretly deployed AI-powered bots in a popular Reddit forum to test whether AI could change users' minds on contentious topics. The unauthorized experiment, which targeted the r/changemyview subreddit, involved bots making over 1,700 comments across…

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