‘Our assumptions are broken’: how fraudulent church data revealed AI’s threat to polling
March 29, 2026
•TheGuardian_Technology•Moderate impact[key points]
Key points
- •AI is being used to fill out online questionnaires at speed, generating potentially fraudulent data.
- •Researchers warn that online surveys are increasingly vulnerable to 'survey farms' using AI.
- •Detecting AI use in surveys is difficult due to the rapid evolution of the technology.
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