Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search
Moderators of the biohacking subreddit have announced a ban on posts related to peptides and hormone replacement therapy due to manipulation by companies. These firms are using Reddit to influence AI chatbots by spamming the platform with content. The moderators expressed concerns about the quality of information and the potential risks to users from unregulated products.
- ▪Companies are manipulating Reddit to influence AI chatbots by spamming the platform with content.
- ▪The moderators of r/biohackers have decided to limit posts about peptides and hormone replacement therapy to weekly megathreads.
- ▪There are concerns about the safety of products being promoted by sketchy companies in the health and self-experimentation space.
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The moderators of the biohacking subreddit say that peptide and hormone replacement therapy companies have been surreptitiously spamming Reddit in an attempt to get their posts scraped by AI chatbots. The strategy is an effort to systematically manipulate the answers provided by chatbots by manipulating the underlying source material that those chatbots will scrape—in this case, a popular Reddit community. In a post last week, the moderators of r/biohackers said they would be banning new posts about peptides and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) because of attempted manipulation by the companies that make, market, and sell them.
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