{
  "id": 16859340,
  "title": "AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/ai-bots-flooded-2023-uk-government-consultation-on-disposable-vapes-16859340",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-27T22:30:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/27/ai-bots-flooded-2023-uk-government-consultation-disposable-vapes-ban"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}