Fake statistics site StateGlobe is still cited by ChatGPT seven months on
What happened
Peec AI researchers used GPT-4.1 to generate 50,000 fake statistics pages for stateglobe.com, per an October 20 report. Seven months later ChatGPT still cites the pages, which draw more than 10,000 visit sessions from the chatbot and links from over 330 domains. Google has sharply cut the site's visibility. Some invented numbers have reached academic papers and bank investment research.
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- Hacker News front pagePickStateGlobe fake-stats experiment: 50,000 fabricated pages still cited by ChatGPT
Peec AI researchers used GPT-4.1 to generate 50,000 fake statistics pages for stateglobe.com, and seven months later ChatGPT still cites them. The report says Google has sharply cut the site's visibility, but ChatGPT drove more than 10,000 visit sessions, the site drew links from 330+ domains, and the invented numbers reached academic papers and bank investment research.
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