AnalysisPolicyNovember 12, 2026

Podqi study finds AI chatbots recommend fake retail sites

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Across 6,795 answers to shopping prompts about 151 brands, Gemini, ChatGPT and Perplexity all surfaced risky URLs; Perplexity was worst at 15% of answers, Gemini lowest at 4%. Podqi defined risky as fake retailer impersonators, knockoff sellers, re-registered old brand domains, and dead sites.

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