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Google's new AI search results promotes sites pushing malware, scams (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Zerush@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 95 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Here the funny part, google knew this shit would happen. How you ask? Well, see google has had this problem for a long time.

When google first came out, there was all sorts of techniques you could use to boost your PageRank. Google had to tweak and tweak and tweak to fix it so that nazi sites would not come up when you looked up Jewish holocaust memorial museums for example.

Seems they’ve learned nothing. And yet they’re still one of the biggest tech companies in the world.

Scary. Let’s add AI to the mix now.

[–] minkymunkey_7_7@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh yes they learned. This is now a feature, not a bug. Google's slogan changed long ago.

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