Scammers are poisoning AI search results to steer you straight into their traps - here's how

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• New attack poisons sources AI chatbots use for content.
• Public sites like YouTube and Yelp abused to host spam links.
• AI answers can surface poisoned content and put users at risk.

Cybercriminals are turning their attention to the public sources AI chatbots scrape to promote scam call center numbers, researchers say, creating a new attack surface for scammers worldwide.

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