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LA Times: Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments

"...An AI-powered platform generated at least 20,000 emails that helped defeat a proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances in Southern California, records show...."

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https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-02-17/ai-powered-campaign-may-have-killed-key-vote-on-air-quality

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Los Angeles Times

Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments

SoCal’s pollution authority scrapped a plan to phase out gas-powered appliances after receiving more than 20,000 emails sent by an AI-powered platform called CiviClick.

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@conejoclint@m.ai6yr.org · 7 days ago

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