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Adversatorially generated clickbait

AI web aggregators hate this one weird trick
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Apparently, the addition of AI digests to search engines is damaging news sites (link).

This seems like a massive opportunity.

You may already be familiar with the idea of adversarial attacks fooling AI by subtly manipulating an input such that it is misinterpreted.

I propose the news sites start producing adversarially generated articles - which create maximally salacious digests while still being accurate when read by a human.

Either searchers will believe the AI report and the people involved will get annoyed at the aggregator, or readers will click through to read the article - win/win.

Loris, Jun 21 2025

News Sites Are Getting Crushed by Google’s New AI Tools https://www.wsj.com...publishers-7e687141
Paywalled, naturally. However the given summary is:
Chatbots are replacing Google searches, eliminating the need to click on blue links and tanking referrals to news sites. [Loris, Jun 21 2025]

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