Google AI Mode cites Google Flights disguised as a fresh article, metadata reveals
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-11-04
By forcing AI Mode to dump its raw grounding metadata, a user showed its "source" for flight queries is Google Flights itself, packaged as an article with publicationtime today and bylineage "less than 1 minute." Google URLs go into answers always fresh — no competitor gets that — prompting abuse-of-power accusations.
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