Single Fake Review Can Hijack Search‑Augmented LLM Recommendations
A new benchmark, FORGE, shows that search‑augmented LLMs can be duped by just one polluted web page, with fake‑product recommendation rates hitting 27% and soaring to 73.8% when the top three results are polluted. The flaw spans 12 commercial and open‑source models, exposing a critical safety gap in generative recommenders.