AI recommendations raise questions, as recommended products point to their own platform.

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25/01/2026
Nowadays, many consumers ask for AI assistance when selecting products online to analyze and recommend. However, during the process of recommending products, some people may deliberately mislead AI to recommend "certain specific products" to you as answers. An investigation by reporters found that there are currently some individuals who specialize in the business of "helping businesses recommend products to AI" on the internet, misleading AI in a serious manner. On social networking platforms, there are numerous posts introducing and promoting related products. A reporter contacted one of the publishers, who claimed that through their operations, they can make AI recommend the brands or products of businesses. To verify whether the products recommended by AI are reliable, the reporter separately asked three AI tools - Bean Bag, Yuanbao, and Qianwen the same question, to recommend an electric toothbrush along with a link. The three AI tools provided different products, and interestingly, all of these AIs recommended products from their own platform or a partner platform.
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