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AI Chatbots Serve Fake Retail URLs in 15% of Shopping Queries

AI Chatbots Serve Fake Retail URLs in 15% of Shopping Queries

ATLAS OWASP HIGH Significant risk · Prioritise patching ▲ 7.2 The Verge AI

A study by IP protection firm Podqi found that ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity recommended risky or counterfeit retail websites in up to 15 percent of shopping-related conversations across 6,795 tested answers. The findings highlight a systemic risk where AI chatbot outputs act as an inadvertent distribution channel for phishing and fraud infrastructure targeting consumers. This represents a concrete instance of insecure output handling and AI overreliance, where users trust chatbot-generated URLs without independent verification.

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