User Reports Google's AI Answer Linked Straight to a Scam Website
pedanpric · reddit · 2026-09-23
A Reddit user reports that Google's AI answer recommended a link to a scam website, posting screenshots as evidence. The incident highlights the risks of generative search: when AI surfaces links directly, SEO poisoning and malicious pages become harder for users to spot, raising the stakes of AI-mediated web results.
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