An anonymous Reddit user’s claims of fraud and theft by an unnamed food delivery company appear to have been an artificial intelligence-fueled ruse that has spread across the internet, outpacing efforts to debunk it.

The viral post, first published Friday, has elicited strong denials from major delivery apps that have been the subjects of past scrutiny for exploitive worker policies. It accrued more than 87,000 upvotes on Reddit and millions of impressions across other social media platforms where screenshots have circulated, before being removed by Reddit moderators Tuesday evening.

Behind the scenes, as reporters tried to substantiate the claims, the ruse continued — still with AI.

On Reddit, comments responding to the post generally accepted the claims as true.

“As a human I think companies that try to charge different humans different amounts for the same things should no longer be allowed to operate,” said one response, which received more than 1,800 upvotes.

“This sounds like a massive class action lawsuit if you do things right, with a high chance for the drivers to win this one,” another commenter wrote.

The anonymous user first posted to the r/confession subcommunity last week, claiming they were exposing their company’s secrets despite “a massive NDA,” or non-disclosure agreement, because they “can’t sleep at night knowing I helped build this machine.”

The user, who did not identify a company by name, claimed that their employer uses predictive modeling to lower...

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