Reddit fighting back after AI fraud – but may threaten user privacy

Reddit has announced plans to fight back after a large-scale AI fraud was carried out against users of the highly popular Change My View subreddit. However, the company’s plans to take to fight AI bots may not be popular with users, as it could compromise the platform’s long-standing approach to privacy … Unauthorized AI experiment on users Researchers from the University of Zurich carried out an extensive AI fraud in the subreddit, with large language models taking on a variety of personas, including a rape victim and a trauma counsellor. In total, the AI bots posted more than 1,700 comments while pretending to be human. This was done in violation of both Reddit rules, and well-established ethical standards requiring informed consent for psychological experiments. CMV moderators filed a formal complaint with the university’s ethics commission, which responded by stating that it had issued a formal warning to the lead researcher, and would be boost prior reviews of proposed studie ... Read full article.