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An AI-generated comment flood defeats a climate regulation

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Southern California's top air authority rejected a gas appliance phaseout after an AI-generated flood of public comments, possibly the first successful AI astroturf campaign against climate regulation, while California and Colorado moved to require operating systems to collect birth dates at setup.

Reporting date: 2026-02-28 (not necessarily the event date)

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An AI-generated comment flood defeats a climate regulation
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Reporting date: 2026-02-28
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-28-first-successful-ai-astroturf
Claim: Southern California's top air authority rejected a gas appliance phaseout after an AI-generated flood of public comments, possibly the first successful AI astroturf campaign against climate regulation, while California and Colorado moved to require operating systems to collect birth dates at setup.
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- Welcome to February 28, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-february-28-2026
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