AI being used to participate in pay-for opinion polling at scale? Shocked I tell you! Shocked! https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/28/how-fraudulent-church-data-revealed-ais-threat-to-polling
‘Our assumptions are broken’: how fraudulent church data revealed AI’s threat to polling

Experts say paid participants are using automated tools to generate unreliable survey responses at scale

The Guardian

@Footle

Gives a modern meaning to the traditional concept of 'pious fraud'!😜