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At the same time, there are fears around surveillance technology and AI infiltrating online communities, not to mention concerns about the ethical minefield of deploying such a tool.

Controversial Reddit AI study raises wider ethical concerns. Researchers at the University of Zurich stirred up controversy when they revealed they conducted a study on whether AI-generated ...

None of the Reddit users who were experimented on were informed of the experiment, nor did they give consent. The researchers also failed to notify the subreddit's moderators, despite the forum's ...

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 ...