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Fake statistics site shows how AI chatbots absorb false data

Original: Wie man ChatGPT vergiftet: "I launched a website with 50,000 statistics. Every one of them was fake. Google has forgotte

An experiment with a website publishing 50,000 invented statistics has drawn attention to how AI chatbots handle unreliable sources. Google stopped indexing the site within months, but ChatGPT kept referencing its fake numbers, sending more than 10,000 AI sessions to it since launch. Commenters say the case shows how AI systems can launder fabricated data without basic credibility checks.

Why now: Concerns are growing that AI chatbots spread fabricated information without the quality filters search engines apply.

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• Wie man ChatGPT vergiftet: "I launched a website with 50,000 statistics. Every one of them was fake. Google has forgotten the site exists [..], but ChatGPT hasn’t. Since the website went live 7 months ago, it has sent more than 10,000 AI sessions its way. [ ..] Its made-up… · Julian_Buss · 1

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