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Bots are involved in elections. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Swarms of AI personas: The silent threat to democracy that already speaks to us online

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A paper in Science warns that coordinated networks of synthetic identities can integrate into communities, build trust, and sway political discourse—without looking like bots.
Bots on the social network Reddit convinced users to change their minds with an impressive 18% success rate – a result that raises serious questions about the rule of reason in the age of algorithms. Illustration via DALEE

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