{"id":147957,"date":"2026-03-16T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147957"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:00:09","slug":"ai-poisoning-fake-fitness-tracker-fools-chatbots-in-china-sparking-outcry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147957","title":{"rendered":"AI poisoning: fake fitness tracker fools chatbots in China, sparking outcry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostAn undercover investigation by state-run China Central Television (CCTV) has cast a harsh light on a controversial practice in a nascent industry: the \u201cpoisoning\u201d of artificial intelligence models with fabricated information.<br \/>\nThe report showed how techniques of generative engine optimisation (GEO) \u2013 the AI version of search engine optimisation (SEO) \u2013 could be used to manipulate AI chatbots, provoking widespread public concern and debate as both industry insiders and observers anticipated&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3346761\/ai-poisoning-fake-fitness-tracker-fools-chatbots-china-sparking-outcry?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostAn undercover investigation by state-run China Central Television (CCTV) has cast a harsh light on a controversial practice in a nascent industry: the \u201cpoisoning\u201d&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147957"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}