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Majority of responses to consultation on smoking Bill ‘generated by AI bots’

The Guardian UK and GB News describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedMajority of responses to consultation on smoking Bill ‘generated by AI bots’.
What changedThe left frames it as "AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban". The right frames it as "New study reveals 75% of respondents to Government's smoking and vaping laws consultation...".
ConfidenceHigh. 6+ sources across left, center, and right with comparable news formats.
Archive healthStable · 7 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format

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91WORDING GAP

7 sources · 3 bias buckets · High confidence

Different Spin. The left frames it as "AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban". The right frames it as "New study reveals 75% of respondents to Government's smoking and vaping laws consultation...".

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Oct 27, 10:30 PM: Phys.org joined the source map.

Oct 27, 10:30 PM: The Guardian UK joined the source map.

Oct 27, 11:30 PM: The Belfast Telegraph joined the source map.

Oct 27, 11:31 PM: GB News joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 91/99 and story health is stable · 7 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

Left ·News report

AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban

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...

Open source
Center-right ·News report
Daily Mail48m ago

Facebook owner Meta accused of 'digital piracy' over plans to 'steal' British publishers' content to improve its AI models, as calls grow for UK competition watchdog to intervene

The Silicon Valley giant has been warned its sweeping changes could help kill off 'trusted journalism' and replace it with a 'cesspit' of online misinformation.

Open source
Center-left ·News report

AI robots 'hijacked Government consultation on laws to curb vape sales'

Researchers said AI robots accounted for more than three quarters of responses to a Government consultation on plans to restrict the sale of disposable vapes

Open source
Center-left ·News report

Huge swarm of AI bots flooded vape ban consultation to influence outcome, study finds

Experts said it is thought to be the first time AI has been used to coordinate an attempt to interfere a major health policy in the UK

Open source
Right ·News report
GB News9m ago

New study reveals 75% of respondents to Government's smoking and vaping laws consultation were bots

Three out of every four responses to a Government consultation on smoking and vaping laws were submitted by bots, a new study has revealed. More than 90,000 bogus submissions opposed plans...

Open source
Center ·News report
Phys.org1h ago

3 out of 4 responses to UK smoke-free generation consultation were AI bot-generated

Three-quarters of all the responses to the U.K.'s public consultation in 2023 on creating a smoke-free generation and restricting disposable vape sales were generated by AI bots, finds an a...

Open source