Deepfake case study · Multi-modal
Reddit users in r/ChangeMyView deepfake (Apr 2025)
Researchers at the University of Zurich seeded over 1700 comments generated by large language models (LLMs) into the r/ChangeMyView subreddit to gauge reactions. The AI comments were reportedly three to six times…
- Incident date
- Apr 2025
- Target
- Reddit users in r/ChangeMyView
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Researchers at the University of Zurich seeded over 1700 comments generated by large language models (LLMs) into the r/ChangeMyView subreddit to gauge reactions. The AI comments were reportedly three to six times more persuasive than human users in changing viewpoints. Moderators informed the community after the experiment was disclosed.