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Fake statistics cited by AI chatbots spread across the web
Original: Publish fake stats, get cited in LLMs
An SEO practitioner has described how publishing fabricated statistics on a website led to the numbers being picked up and repeated by large language models and AI answer engines, then cited back to users across the web. The write-up argues that AI systems treat published figures as authoritative without verification, letting invented data become 'fact' once models repeat it. Commenters are debating what this means for trust in AI-cited sources.
Why now: It highlights a fresh example of how easily AI systems can launder unverified or invented statistics into apparent facts, raising concerns about misinformation.
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- Publish fake stats, get cited in LLMs · robtherobber · 347
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