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VerticalScope (Fora), a company which has bought up huge numbers of niche interest web forums, has introduced an AI chatbot called ForaFrank to its forums. The bot wanders around replying to posts in hopes of drumming up engagement. There's been a bit of grousing among forum participants and moderators. This will be interesting to see how this plays out. #AI #forums #chatbot

Researchers at the University of Zurich spammed the r/changemyview subreddit community with AI-generated comments in an effort to prove that LLMs could be used to persuade people to change their views. They did so without permission from Reddit, the moderators of the subreddit, or the members who were emotionally manipulated through their interaction with the comments.

A few points to follow.

reddit.com/r/changemyview/comm