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I Typed 'Block the Merger.' AI Revised It to 'Drop Your Opposition.'

AI · Security · 2026-09-09 09:22:00

On August 20, the author visited a website run by a shadowy group called Neighbors for Strong Communities, which was pressuring Californians over Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. She typed 14 words urging Attorney General Bonta to block the merger. Moments later, an AI-assisted draft appeared in her email, signed with her name, inventing a first-person story of hardship and ending with a call to drop opposition to the merger. The system, run through AI vendor Influent, seemingly set the conclusion before she typed a word, recruiting real people while inventing their reasoning.

Source: www.contrariannews.org


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