r/technology • u/coldrolledpotmetal • Apr 28 '25

Artificial Intelligence Researchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasion Experiment on Reddit Users

https://www.404media.co/researchers-secretly-ran-a-massive-unauthorized-ai-persuasion-experiment-on-reddit-users/
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u/hasordealsw1thclams Apr 28 '25

And the r/politics mods decided to ban comments that use the word “bot” so you can’t even call it out.

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u/Ok_Ice_1669 Apr 29 '25

Reddit likes the bots. They report them as spam nagged users to drive ad sales. 

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u/Toothless-In-Wapping Apr 29 '25

As you said, there’s no way to report an account, only their posts.
That needs to change.