{"id":227374,"date":"2026-06-07T02:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/poisoned-ai-the-chatgpt-shopping-scams-that-lead-to-fake-websites-scams\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T04:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T08:15:15","slug":"poisoned-ai-the-chatgpt-shopping-scams-that-lead-to-fake-websites-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/poisoned-ai-the-chatgpt-shopping-scams-that-lead-to-fake-websites-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Poisoned\u2019 AI: the ChatGPT shopping scams that lead to fake websites | Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2026\/jun\/07\/ai-chatgpt-shopping-scams-fake-websites\">\u2018Poisoned\u2019 AI: the ChatGPT shopping scams that lead to fake websites | Scams<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2026\/jun\/07\/ai-chatgpt-shopping-scams-fake-websites\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2026\/jun\/07\/ai-chatgpt-shopping-scams-fake-websites<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-07 02:07:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theguardian.com\">www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a summary of the article you provided, presented in an unordered list with between 4 to 8 key points:<\/p>\n<p>* A user is looking to buy a bag from the popular brand Russell &#038; 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