Researchers planted posts about a made-up concept, and Google's AI search cited it within a week. Reddit was its top source

Sharing this here because it is about Google's AI search. A Fudan University team compared 10 AI search engines, one of which the paper calls Google AI. The team invented a concept that does not exist, published posts about it on sites AI engines already like to cite, and asked the engines about it…

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1. 2026-10-21 23:19 · r/GeminiAI
   Researchers planted posts about a made-up concept, and Google's AI search cited it within a week. Reddit was its top source