Smoking bill consultation flooded by AI bot ‘spam’, new research shows

Almost all were against restricting vaping (Picture: Getty/Metro)

AI bots forged more than three-quarters of responses to a government consultation on a lifetime smoking ban, new research has found.

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will raise a ‘smoke-free generation’ by banning the sale or supply of tobacco to anyone born in 2009 or after.

Before it became law in April, the government launched a public consultation on how it should be done in O...