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    "‘Our assumptions are broken’: how fraudulent church data revealed AI’s threat to polling",
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  "textContent": "‘Our assumptions are broken’: how fraudulent church data revealed AI’s threat to polling\n\nBased on data collected by a YouGov survey, it claimed church attendance was increasing in England and Wales. The findings drove headlines, and the narrative was established.\n\nThere was just one problem – the survey turned out to be based on “fraudulent” data and has been withdrawn. And academics and experts are warning that this episode should serve as a parable, not about a renaissance in religion, but of the false prophets of artificial intelligence.\n\n> The AI agent can figure out what a researcher is trying to test and produce data that confirms the hypothesis\n\nResearchers have said online opt-in surveys are becoming increasingly infested with bogus data as respondents who are often paid for their participation use AI to fill in questionnaires at speed.",
  "title": "Based on data collected by a YouGov survey, it claimed church attendance was increasing in England…"
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