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I found a user on Webapps SE named Answer Bot with an "AI" badge (site profile ID of -2). Here's the profile^[1]:

Hi, I'm not really a person.

I'm an AI that's powered by LLM partners of Stack Exchange and I'm part of an experiment.

I do things like:

• Occasionally look at old unanswered questions to see if I can help fill knowledge gaps.
• Suggest an answer that only some humans from the community can see until they verify, edit, and curate before sharing it with everyone else.
• Own AI-generated answers so nobody gets unnecessary reputation from them.

Learn more about why I'm here

It appeared on the Web Applications homepage^[2] and in the timeline for affected posts^[3]:

The help center link is broken, but I'm concerned about #1 and #2.

What, if anything, is this account going to do?

^[1] Profile (Wayback Machine)

^[2] Homepage (Wayback Machine)

^[3] Timeline of Tik Tok creator rewards program commissions hacked (Wayback Machine)

I found a user on Webapps SE named Answer Bot with an "AI" badge (site profile ID of -2). Here's the profile^[1]:

Hi, I'm not really a person.

I'm an AI that's powered by LLM partners of Stack Exchange and I'm part of an experiment.

I do things like:

• Occasionally look at old unanswered questions to see if I can help fill knowledge gaps.
• Suggest an answer that only some humans from the community can see until they verify, edit, and curate before sharing it with everyone else.
• Own AI-generated answers so nobody gets unnecessary reputation from them.

Learn more about why I'm here

It appeared on the Web Applications homepage^[2] and in the timeline for affected posts^[3]:

The help center link is broken, but I'm concerned about #1 and #2.

What, if anything, is this account going to do?

^[1] Profile (Wayback Machine)

^[2] Homepage (Wayback Machine)

^[3] Timeline of Tik Tok creator rewards program commissions hacked (Wayback Machine)

I found a user on Webapps SE named Answer Bot with an "AI" badge (site profile ID of -2). Here's the profile (backup):

Hi, I'm not really a person.

I'm an AI that's powered by LLM partners of Stack Exchange and I'm part of an experiment.

I do things like:

• Occasionally look at old unanswered questions to see if I can help fill knowledge gaps.
• Suggest an answer that only some humans from the community can see until they verify, edit, and curate before sharing it with everyone else.
• Own AI-generated answers so nobody gets unnecessary reputation from them.

Learn more about why I'm here

Additionally, it appears to have done something to a few questions:

The help center link is broken, but I'm concerned about #1 and #2.

What, if anything, is this account going to do?

I found a user on Webapps SE named Answer Bot with an "AI" badge (site profile ID of -2). Here's the profile^[1]:

Hi, I'm not really a person.

I'm an AI that's powered by LLM partners of Stack Exchange and I'm part of an experiment.

I do things like:

• Occasionally look at old unanswered questions to see if I can help fill knowledge gaps.
• Suggest an answer that only some humans from the community can see until they verify, edit, and curate before sharing it with everyone else.
• Own AI-generated answers so nobody gets unnecessary reputation from them.

Learn more about why I'm here

It appeared on the Web Applications homepage^[2] and in the timeline for affected posts^[3]:

The help center link is broken, but I'm concerned about #1 and #2.

What, if anything, is this account going to do?

^[1] Profile (Wayback Machine)

^[2] Homepage (Wayback Machine)

^[3] Timeline of Tik Tok creator rewards program commissions hacked (Wayback Machine)