details came to light about a covert experiment conducted on unsuspecting Reddit users on the debate forum known as r/changemyview. Researchers at the University of Zurich unleashed AI chatbots ...

A group of unidentified researchers affiliated with the University of Zurich conducted a months-long AI experiment on the users of Reddit’s r/changemyview (CMV) debate forum ... the moderators filed ...

University graduate student’s controversial project raises alarm over digital surveillance and manipulation of online ...

Reddit users who were unwittingly subjected to an AI-powered experiment have hit back at scientists for conducting research on them without permission – and have sparked a wider debate about ...

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration ... told me the Reddit fiasco is “the worst internet-research ethics violation I have ever seen, no contest.” ...

Reddit's well-known debate community ... how refined and misleading the AI-generated content had grown. While the university's Faculty of Arts and Sciences Ethics Commission heard the moderators ...

This unsettling reality recently came to light on Reddit’s “Change My View” subreddit, where researchers deployed AI bots to engage in debates without disclosing their artificial nature.

A team of unnamed researchers at the University of Zurich conducted an unauthorized, months-long experiment on Reddit users in the r/changemyview (CMV) subreddit, deploying dozens of AI bots ...

Problem is the scientists did not get permission to do research on the actual humans on Reddit that the AI was interacting with. That's created a huge controversy about the ethics of the research.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says that Reddit's human-led communities are what set the company apart. AI bots, however ... "In light of these events, the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Arts ...

SEE ALSO: Google reveals Reddit Answers is powered by Gemini AI r/changemyview is one of Reddit’s most well-known debate spaces ... the moderators filed an ethics complaint with the University ...