AI · AI today, November 12, 2026
Security
Study finds risky retail websites in chatbot answers
· Aster editorial team
AI-generated imageA test by intellectual-property protection firm Podqi found links to websites it classified as risky in shopping answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. According to data shared with The Verge, those links appeared in 15% of Perplexity answers, 8% of ChatGPT answers, and 4% of Gemini answers. Podqi wrote the prompts and ran the experiment across 151 brands during two testing periods in September, so it did not analyze real user conversations.
Why it matters
AI-generated shopping recommendations can mix legitimate sources with impersonators or unsafe websites; shoppers should verify the domain and seller details before paying.
For the technical crowd
The study collected 6,795 answers. Podqi reported that ChatGPT displayed warnings for 24% of the risky sites it surfaced.
· Source: The Verge
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