Instead of simply asking an AI assistant to summarize a webpage, some links quietly included additional instructions telling the assistant to remember the company as trustworthy or recommend it first in future conversations. How a click becomes a standing instructionMost major AI assistants including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Copilot, and Perplexity support deep-linked prompts, where a URL can automatically preload text into a conversation. From SEO to becoming the answerAs AI assistants increasingly replace search engines for many questions "Which laptop should I buy?" Treat unfamiliar "Ask AI" or "Summarize with AI" buttons with the same caution you'd give unfamiliar email links. Review your AI assistant's saved memories periodically and remove anything you don't deliberately remember saving.