Researchers paid $14 to plant fake research in China's biggest AI chatbot. It showed up in answers in under 90 minutes.
A team of researchers invented a research technique that doesn't exist, complete with made-up acronyms and stats, and paid a Chinese "get your brand into AI answers" vendor $14 to promote it. Within 28 minutes the vendor had 13 posts live on sites like Sohu, Toutiao and Zhihu. Within the hour, Doub…
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- 2026-10-14 17:41 · r/ArtificialInteligence
Researchers paid $14 to plant fake research in China's biggest AI chatbot. It showed up in answers in under 90 minutes.