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Google keeps approving scam ads that its own AI rejects in seconds

Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?

A fake iOS alert ad for iPhone storage kept appearing on YouTube. The author reported it twice; Google said it's fine. He fed the ad to Google's own Gemini model, which flagged it in seconds for mimicking system alerts, using fake buttons, and fear-mongering. Google has the AI but isn't using it to review ads.

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