Deepfake case study · Multi-modal
Reddit users of r/changemyview deepfake (Apr 2025)
Researchers from the University of Zurich used AI-generated comments to attempt to change the views of Reddit users on the r/changemyview subreddit. The AI took on different identities and personalized responses…
- Incident date
- Apr 2025
- Target
- Reddit users of r/changemyview
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Researchers from the University of Zurich used AI-generated comments to attempt to change the views of Reddit users on the r/changemyview subreddit. The AI took on different identities and personalized responses based on user's posting history. The experiment was conducted without the users' consent and violated subreddit rules.