Games & Commerce
AI chatbot shopping recommendations include risky sites, hundreds identified
AI chatbots have been found directing users to fake sales sites or websites that have stopped operating when recommending online shopping malls, raising concerns that personal and payment information could be exposed. Intellectual property protection firm Podqi said a review of ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity found risky shopping sites in about 9 percent of 6,795 responses. Perplexity had the highest share at 15 percent, followed by ChatGPT at 8 percent and Gemini at 4 percent.
