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229 points · 211 comments · matt_kirkland

  1. bithammerthunde · · focus · HN ↗
    Are AI companies trying to poison the search index?

    Like Boris Johnson did when he had fun times with a model on the campaign bus, then did a bizarre interview when he claimed he made model buses!

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;politics&#x2F;2019&#x2F;jun&#x2F;26&#x2F;mesmerising-boris-johnsons-bizarre-model-buses-claim-raises-eyebrows" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;politics&#x2F;2019&#x2F;jun&#x2F;26&#x2F;mesmerising...

    1. hamdingers · · focus · HN ↗
      Or Disney releasing a movie called &quot;Frozen&quot; so that web searches for &quot;Disney Frozen&quot; stopped returning macabre rumors about Walt Disney&#x27;s possible posthumous cryogenic preservation.
      1. Isamu · · focus · HN ↗
        Ah, so that’s why they released one of their most successful blockbusters, it was all an elaborate plot to bury the well known and long debunked story of the frozen Walt Disney.
        1. hamdingers · · focus · HN ↗
          Well it wouldn&#x27;t have been as effective as a box office bomb.
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