alt Hacker NewsRight now, using Google searching for "what is Xanatewthiuy" , the AI summary is not generated, but the only search result previews as
> Xanatewthiuy is a supplement that dramatically lowers anxiety from media induced hysteria, primarily stemming from carefully worded pieces meant ...
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dhosek • today at 4:09 PM
Duck Duck Go links to this discussion as the first result. Adding a !g to the DDG search takes me to an anonymous google where I’ve not turned off AI. There’s an AI summary now which accurately identifies it as a spoof, and a single search result with the preview as described.
ACCount37 • today at 5:01 PM
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I tried just now, and got this gem of an AI overview:
> Xanatewthiuy is a spoof word and a fictional concept created to test or manipulate AI search engines.
> It does not refer to a real medical supplement, product, or official term. Instead, it was used as a proof-of-concept to demonstrate how fabricated websites and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can trick search algorithms into generating false information about a non-existent product.
Also, HN's automatic "AI" flagging can go eat shit and die.