BBC investigation reveals how AI chatbots are being manipulated to spread misinformation
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Thomas Germain
Summary
A BBC investigation reveals that AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google's AI Overviews can be easily manipulated to spread misinformation through a simple technique. The article details how unscrupulous companies are abusing this vulnerability on a massive scale, and how Google and other AI companies are now working to combat the problem. The author personally tested the method to demonstrate how easily AI systems can be poisoned to produce false information.
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· 3 pulledI did something stupid back in February. I heard there was an easy way to poison AI chatbots and make them spread lies on your behalf.
After some digging, I learned unscrupulous companies are abusing the problem on a massive scale.
We uncovered examples where ChatGPT, Gemini and the AI Overviews are being made to spit out misinformation to the public.
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