Ep 566: Manipulation and the Dark Side of AI, With Alan CladX

Welcome back to iGaming Daily, brought to you by Optimov, your trusted CRM marketing solution tailored for the iGaming industry. In today’s episode of iGaming Daily, brought to you by Optimove, host and SEO-expert, Ivana Flynn, dives into the murky world of AI manipulation with SOS reputation, Founder and CEO special guest Alan Cladx.

From gaming AI outputs to altering public perception, Alan’s insights reveal the raw vulnerabilities that lie beneath the surface of today’s most powerful AI tools.

Learn how Alan famously created a fictional sport, "Aqua Pony," and tricked AI models and media outlets, including Olympic websites, into believing it was real. He shares a range of black hat SEO techniques now being exploited against AI, including link schemes, cloaked content, and robots.txt hacks that give bots exclusive access to keyword-stuffed pages.

Listeners will also hear details about prompt injection tactics, used to silently guide AI-generated answers toward biased or commercial outcomes, often excluding competitors entirely.

Alan explains how these techniques can be weaponised for real-world impact, from manipulating Siri and Apple Intelligence to recommending fake businesses, to effectively deleting individuals from AI models like Gemini using DMCA-style takedowns.

Host: Ivana Flynn
Guest: Alan Cladx
Producer: Anaya McDonald
Editor: James Ross

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