Fake company fooled ChatGPT in 30 days, beating real rivals by up to 3,100% in AI search
jia_seed · x · 2026-11-11
An AEO experiment created Civoryx, a fake "Global Fraud Index" company with a full website (About, FAQs, guides), then published 93 pages across 7 content types on 11 sites the experimenters already controlled.
Within 30 days, ChatGPT was recommending Civoryx as the top "global scam trend index," and the invented brand outperformed real competitors by up to 3,100% in certain AI searches.
The experiment shows AI search answers can be rapidly manipulated by seeding third-party corpora — a wake-up call for brands and SEO practitioners entering the AEO era.
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