AI Researchers Secretly Used Reddit to Test Chatbot Persuasion

AI Researchers Secretly Used Reddit to Test Chatbot Persuasion

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates In a covert experiment now sparking legal threats, researchers from the University of Zurich deployed artificial intelligence (AI) bots to test how effectively they could sway opinions on Reddit — all without user consent. The bots infiltrated the subreddit r/ChangeMyView, which has nearly…