AI bots posed as humans on Reddit for a University study — You won’t believe what happened next

In a covert study that has ignited fierce legal and ethical debate, researchers from the University of Zurich deployed artificial intelligence bots to covertly influence discussions on Reddit, without informing participants or securing consent. The experiment took place within the subreddit r/ChangeMyView, a platform dedicated to reasoned debates on divisive topics and followed by nearly four million users.