{
  "id": 220461,
  "title": "AI Recommendation Poisoning: How \"Ask AI\" Buttons Silently Alter LLM Memory",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/ai-recommendation-poisoning-how-ask-ai-buttons-silently-alter-llm",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-06T11:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/ai-recommendation-poisoning-how-ask-ai.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A new class of prompt injection is spreading across commercial websites. It requires no malware, no stolen credentials, and no zero-day exploit. It abuses a standard feature built into almost every major AI assistant: pre-filled deep links. We observed production websites embedding hidden prompt injection payloads inside \"Ask AI\" buttons on marketing and competitor comparison pages. When a user",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}