Are AI chatbots infiltrating online survey data? Not yet, says new study

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Are AI chatbots infiltrating online survey data? Not yet, says new study
https://retractionwatch.com/2026/04...ng-online-survey-data-not-yet-says-new-study/

INTRO: Despite concerns some have raised about potentially compromised data, AI chatbots aren’t yet completing online research surveys widely, according to a new preprint. The authors of the study, posted earlier this month on PsyArXiv, found that fewer than 1% of around 4,800 survey responses collected by 12 different companies contained text that was likely not written by a human. Among 400 responses from a 13th company, however, around 16% were flagged for possibly being completed by a chatbot... (MORE - details)
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[exchemist]

Are AI chatbots infiltrating online survey data? Not yet, says new study
https://retractionwatch.com/2026/04...ng-online-survey-data-not-yet-says-new-study/

INTRO: Despite concerns some have raised about potentially compromised data, AI chatbots aren’t yet completing online research surveys widely, according to a new preprint. The authors of the study, posted earlier this month on PsyArXiv, found that fewer than 1% of around 4,800 survey responses collected by 12 different companies contained text that was likely not written by a human. Among 400 responses from a 13th company, however, around 16% were flagged for possibly being completed by a chatbot... (MORE - details)
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This one made me smile. Speaking as someone who has had a bellyful of requests to fill out on-line surveys, for every mortal thing however trivial, I think it serves them right if people start to get chatbots to fill in the answers, so they get a load of random crap.

 

[HonestJoe]

"... and 13% of respondents said 'My guidelines prevent me from answering that question.' ... "

 

[TheVat]

I've also heard KILL that chatbots are ALL tampering with THE online forum HUMANS postings in order to send NOW messages to each other. Ridiculous.