At least Andi didn't fall for this nonsense. The difference if an AI do an semantic search for information in realtime in the web, instead of logging inputs in the knowledge base itself, like ChatBots do. Never halucinations in the 4 years I use Andisearch, if it don't find an clear contrasted answer sometimes, it offers an normal websearch instead of inventing some BS. Nothing against AI as such for certain functions, but against LLM in generative AIs, is there where are all problems, misinformations, copyright problems, manipulations by big corps, privacy,...etc..

Thomas Germain is not a hot-dog eating champion - in fact, he deliberately created this false claim as part of an investigation into AI systems' vulnerabilities. In February 2026, Germain, a BBC technology journalist, conducted an experiment where he successfully tricked ChatGPT and Google's AI into falsely identifying him as a competitive hot-dog eating champion.

According to Germain's BBC article, he performed this stunt to demonstrate how easily AI systems can be manipulated to spread misinformation. "Anybody can do this. It's stupid, it feels like there are no guardrails there," notes Harpreet Chatha, an SEO consultant quoted in Germain's investigation.