I tried to get ChatGPT and Gemini to lie about me

Not me, but an actual competitor in the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog eating competition on July 4.

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• A BBC reporter gamed AI chatbots by posting on his personal website that he was a hot dog-eating champion.
• I tried to one-up him, but failed. Pathetic, I know.
• This is all silly, but it's also instructive: Companies are looking at using AI-generated results as the new SEO for reputation management and product recommendations.

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