finally, AI can help writers with the boring business of world- building so we can get down to the fun stuff: search-engine optimization
February 5, 2026 at 3:31 AM
finally, AI can help writers with the boring business of world- building so we can get down to the fun stuff: search-engine optimization
Peptide companies have been doing AI-engine optimization by spamming the biohackers subreddit to manipulate ChatGPT and Google.
Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search
Peptide companies have been doing AI-engine optimization by spamming the biohackers subreddit to manipulate ChatGPT and Google.
www.404media.co
June 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Peptide companies have been doing AI-engine optimization by spamming the biohackers subreddit to manipulate ChatGPT and Google.
⚠️ Chrome's update installs a 4GB AI model file to your device without your consent!
To disable the shitty AI mode*, go to chrome://flags/ and search for these, toggle each to "disabled":
optimization-guide-on-device-model
prompt-api-for-gemini-nano
ai-mode-omnibox-entry-point
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To disable the shitty AI mode*, go to chrome://flags/ and search for these, toggle each to "disabled":
optimization-guide-on-device-model
prompt-api-for-gemini-nano
ai-mode-omnibox-entry-point
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May 8, 2026 at 5:38 AM
⚠️ Chrome's update installs a 4GB AI model file to your device without your consent!
To disable the shitty AI mode*, go to chrome://flags/ and search for these, toggle each to "disabled":
optimization-guide-on-device-model
prompt-api-for-gemini-nano
ai-mode-omnibox-entry-point
-
To disable the shitty AI mode*, go to chrome://flags/ and search for these, toggle each to "disabled":
optimization-guide-on-device-model
prompt-api-for-gemini-nano
ai-mode-omnibox-entry-point
-
The biohackers subreddit banned all posts about peptides and HRT because peptide companies were spamming + manipulating the sub in order to manipulate Google AI and ChatGPT answers. Very insidious industry that is drastically changing the internet
www.404media.co/companies-ar...
www.404media.co/companies-ar...
Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search
Peptide companies have been doing AI-engine optimization by spamming the biohackers subreddit to manipulate ChatGPT and Google.
www.404media.co
June 3, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The biohackers subreddit banned all posts about peptides and HRT because peptide companies were spamming + manipulating the sub in order to manipulate Google AI and ChatGPT answers. Very insidious industry that is drastically changing the internet
www.404media.co/companies-ar...
www.404media.co/companies-ar...
"AI optimization consultant" whose job is just to go to businesses that are using AIs to summarize reports generated by AI, and ask "why not just skip the AI steps here"
May 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
"AI optimization consultant" whose job is just to go to businesses that are using AIs to summarize reports generated by AI, and ask "why not just skip the AI steps here"
Is logistic regression "AI"? What about convex optimization? Is LLM AI? What about an image recognition system built without using "feature learning" techniques but done through "feature engineering"?
December 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Is logistic regression "AI"? What about convex optimization? Is LLM AI? What about an image recognition system built without using "feature learning" techniques but done through "feature engineering"?
One company that does AI Engine Optimization, or AEO, promises: “An army of agents publishing blog content & reddit posts that solves both SEO & AEO at scale.”
June 3, 2026 at 2:57 PM
One company that does AI Engine Optimization, or AEO, promises: “An army of agents publishing blog content & reddit posts that solves both SEO & AEO at scale.”
Improving my feed every day with one simple optimization: whenever someone I follow posts anything about AI, I delete my account
May 4, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Improving my feed every day with one simple optimization: whenever someone I follow posts anything about AI, I delete my account
Nvidia patents AI game optimization bot
Nvidia patented an AI chatbot to help PC game developers optimize games via plain English requests and GPU diagnostics.
Nvidia patented an AI chatbot to help PC game developers optimize games via plain English requests and GPU diagnostics.
September 27, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Nvidia patents AI game optimization bot
Nvidia patented an AI chatbot to help PC game developers optimize games via plain English requests and GPU diagnostics.
Nvidia patented an AI chatbot to help PC game developers optimize games via plain English requests and GPU diagnostics.
A summer of AI optimization https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/22/a-summer-of-ai-optimization/
September 22, 2026 at 2:27 AM
A summer of AI optimization https://lemire.me/blog/2026/09/22/a-summer-of-ai-optimization/
Brands already know this, which is why there's a growing industry of AI-engine optimization (AEO), which is designed specifically to manipulate LLMs and AI search. Over the last few weeks I have heard from a bunch of people in this industry. Already a big industry / common practice to do this
June 15, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Brands already know this, which is why there's a growing industry of AI-engine optimization (AEO), which is designed specifically to manipulate LLMs and AI search. Over the last few weeks I have heard from a bunch of people in this industry. Already a big industry / common practice to do this
Guess it's not Embracer Group or constant massive waves of layoffs or endless monetization or Bobby Kotick or Randy Pitchford or overpriced PC components due to crypto and then AI or rootkit anti-cheats or lack of optimization in high end AAA games or games being shut down with no other way to play
August 10, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Guess it's not Embracer Group or constant massive waves of layoffs or endless monetization or Bobby Kotick or Randy Pitchford or overpriced PC components due to crypto and then AI or rootkit anti-cheats or lack of optimization in high end AAA games or games being shut down with no other way to play
This is just a shitpost, but there's something to the idea that
Almost every design choice and optimization for large language model-based "AI" comes from the designers' terror of ever hearing the words "you're wrong" or even just "no."
Almost every design choice and optimization for large language model-based "AI" comes from the designers' terror of ever hearing the words "you're wrong" or even just "no."
June 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is just a shitpost, but there's something to the idea that
Almost every design choice and optimization for large language model-based "AI" comes from the designers' terror of ever hearing the words "you're wrong" or even just "no."
Almost every design choice and optimization for large language model-based "AI" comes from the designers' terror of ever hearing the words "you're wrong" or even just "no."
exhibit 7259 that much of current “AI” is pattern finding thorough optimization processes
July 7, 2024 at 3:30 PM
exhibit 7259 that much of current “AI” is pattern finding thorough optimization processes
"ChatGPT, the avatar of the AI revolution, is telling its users, 'Okay, let me Google that for you.'"
Let John Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social explain to you why search-engine optimization feels dated. (But Google is not.) nymag.com/intelligence...
Let John Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social explain to you why search-engine optimization feels dated. (But Google is not.) nymag.com/intelligence...
SEO Is Dead. Say Hello to GEO.
Search-engine optimization now feels dated. Generative-engine optimization is all about trying to trick AI chatbots.
nymag.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"ChatGPT, the avatar of the AI revolution, is telling its users, 'Okay, let me Google that for you.'"
Let John Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social explain to you why search-engine optimization feels dated. (But Google is not.) nymag.com/intelligence...
Let John Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social explain to you why search-engine optimization feels dated. (But Google is not.) nymag.com/intelligence...
How Businesses Are Manipulating ChatGPT Results
You’ve long heard about search engine optimization. Companies are now spending big on generative engine optimization.
my latest for @wsj.com
🎁🔗
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-w...
You’ve long heard about search engine optimization. Companies are now spending big on generative engine optimization.
my latest for @wsj.com
🎁🔗
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-w...
How Businesses Are Manipulating ChatGPT Results
You’ve long heard about search engine optimization. Companies are now spending big to feature prominently in the output of AI chatbots. It’s called GEO.
www.wsj.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:17 PM
How Businesses Are Manipulating ChatGPT Results
You’ve long heard about search engine optimization. Companies are now spending big on generative engine optimization.
my latest for @wsj.com
🎁🔗
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-w...
You’ve long heard about search engine optimization. Companies are now spending big on generative engine optimization.
my latest for @wsj.com
🎁🔗
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-w...
New from 404 Media: companies are using Reddit manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search. The strategy is to systematically manipulate answers provided by chatbots by manipulating the underlying source material those chatbots scrape—in this case, a popular subreddit
www.404media.co/companies-ar...
www.404media.co/companies-ar...
June 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
New from 404 Media: companies are using Reddit manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search. The strategy is to systematically manipulate answers provided by chatbots by manipulating the underlying source material those chatbots scrape—in this case, a popular subreddit
www.404media.co/companies-ar...
www.404media.co/companies-ar...
There is neither truth nor reason in markets, only quantifiable efficiency. The same seems to apply to AI: it is essentially an optimization mechanism. While optimization can be beneficial in clearly defined, socially embedded use cases, it is ultimately destructive when pursued as the sole value
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August 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
There is neither truth nor reason in markets, only quantifiable efficiency. The same seems to apply to AI: it is essentially an optimization mechanism. While optimization can be beneficial in clearly defined, socially embedded use cases, it is ultimately destructive when pursued as the sole value
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a weird and disorienting AI scoop in here: ChatGPT now appears to be using Google Search? Google declined to comment and OpenAI was like hey we love all our partners and everything with Microsoft is great by the way!! nymag.com/intelligence...
SEO Is Dead. Say Hello to GEO.
Search-engine optimization now feels dated. Generative-engine optimization is all about trying to trick AI chatbots.
nymag.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
a weird and disorienting AI scoop in here: ChatGPT now appears to be using Google Search? Google declined to comment and OpenAI was like hey we love all our partners and everything with Microsoft is great by the way!! nymag.com/intelligence...
🎙️ The most Common AI Search Optimization Spam, Myths & Risky Tactics to Avoid - A new must episode of Crawling Mondays AI Search Optimization Roadmap is here with @dawnieando.bsky.social @dergal.bsky.social, Eli Schwartz.
Watch it now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQht...
Watch it now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQht...
AI Search Optimization Spam, Myths & Risky Tactics to Avoid
YouTube video by Crawling Mondays by Aleyda
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2026 at 2:15 PM
🎙️ The most Common AI Search Optimization Spam, Myths & Risky Tactics to Avoid - A new must episode of Crawling Mondays AI Search Optimization Roadmap is here with @dawnieando.bsky.social @dergal.bsky.social, Eli Schwartz.
Watch it now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQht...
Watch it now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQht...
They’ve been playing the AI optimization game, networking, all the stuff, and then are getting caught in that “you’re overqualified for this role” and then not getting interviews.
September 19, 2026 at 9:07 PM
They’ve been playing the AI optimization game, networking, all the stuff, and then are getting caught in that “you’re overqualified for this role” and then not getting interviews.
For this month’s Buying Power, I wrote about a trio of nascent backlashes that are really all the same backlash: to influencers, to Botox-and-filler Instagram perfection, and to AI. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Optimization Backlash Has Begun
Why the relentless pursuit of perfection — plastic surgery, Instagram, AI — has suddenly left us craving the imperfect.
www.bloomberg.com
August 13, 2026 at 11:52 AM
For this month’s Buying Power, I wrote about a trio of nascent backlashes that are really all the same backlash: to influencers, to Botox-and-filler Instagram perfection, and to AI. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
They added AI and NFTs to photoshop before they added stability or optimization
March 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
They added AI and NFTs to photoshop before they added stability or optimization