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China consumer-rights show highlights AI-driven marketing that 'poisons' search results

By MLex Staff ( March 16, 2026, 08:09 GMT | Insight) -- China’s widely watched consumer-rights television program exposed a form of artificial intelligence-driven marketing in which businesses misuse tools designed to optimize information distribution, raising concerns about disinformation and unfair competition. The annual “3.15 Gala,” broadcast each March 15, highlights business malpractices in consumer industries. This year’s program highlighted violations in areas including food safety, medical aesthetics, electric-bicycle rentals, AI-generated advertising and misleading marketing in private online channels.China’s widely watched consumer-rights television program exposed a form of artificial intelligence-driven marketing in which businesses misuse tools designed to optimize information distribution, raising concerns about disinformation and unfair competition....

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