A new vector for spreading misinformation is simply to get your version of the story indexed by an AI chatbot where no fact check, Community Note or citation will point out that it’s a made up story.

This will be extremely difficult to combat effectively.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2025/04/17/russia-seeds-chatbots-with-lies-any-bad-actor-could-game-ai-the-same-way/83137756007/#

Russia seeds chatbots with lies. Any bad actor could game AI the same way

In their race to push out new versions with more capability, AI companies leave users vulnerable to “LLM grooming” efforts that promote bogus information.

The Detroit News
@carnage4life perhaps it could be combatted effectively by not ever trusting chatbots to tell the truth, and by convincing others to similarly distrust them.

@jamesmarshall @carnage4life

Can this be accelerated by seeding them with just insane nonsense that makes the results obviously nonsense to all but the criminally obtuse?

Don't just poison the well; make it a super-fund site.