A YouTuber Tricked Google’s AI Into Believing GTA 6 Has a “Twerk Button”

Why This Prank Actually Matters for Gamers

This one grabbed me because it blends two things we’ve all been living with lately: GTA 6 rumor fever and AI search that insists it can answer everything. A YouTuber, Jeffery Phillips, flooded Reddit, X and assorted forums for roughly three months to seed a fake claim that Grand Theft Auto VI would include a “twerk button.” Eventually, Google’s AI-powered answer box surfaced the rumor and even cited his own posts as sources. It’s hilarious on the surface-and a brutal reminder of how fragile AI-powered search can be when it’s fed junk.

• One persistent person successfully “poisoned” AI search with a fake GTA 6 feature.
• Google’s AI answers treated forum spam as credible sourcing.
• Rockstar hasn’t confirmed anything remotely like this. Don’t fall for it.
• The real story: our gaming info ecosystem is way too easy to manipulate.

How the Hoax Worked

According to Phillips, his early attempts at planting random fake “facts” went nowhere. The pivot was focusing on a single, absurd-but-clickable claim: GTA 6 will have a “twerk button.” He varied wording, spun up threads that looked organic, and just kept posting. No doctored screenshots, no fake leaks-just repetition. After months of this (he cites July to September 2025), Google’s AI summary surfaced the claim, citing his own posts as “sources.” It’s the classic forum rumor cycle, weaponized against an automated system that treats volume and repetition as signals of truth.

The Real Story: AI Search Is Easy to Game

We’ve already seen AI search blunders-from weird medical advice to that infamous “glue on pizza” suggestion. The GTA 6 “twerk button” stunt isn’t just a funny one-off; it’s a clean illustration of a known failure mode. Generative systems summarize what’s on the public web. If the public web can be flooded with coordinated nonsense, the model will confidently resurface coordinated nonsense. And because search answers are delivered in a neat, authoritative box, many readers won’t question it. That’s a problem when we’re heading into one of the most rumor-prone launches in gaming history.

Rockstar’s famously tight-lipped marketing plays into this. When official information is scarce, the vacuum fills with speculation, clout-chasing “leakers,” and now AI summaries eager to give you something—anything—when you type “GTA 6 features.” We lived a version of this with GTA V’s Mount Chiliad conspiracies and Bigfoot hunts. The difference now is scale and speed: a single determined troll can tilt automated results seen by millions.

What Gamers Need to Know (and Do)

I love a good community mystery as much as anyone, but this is where it gets costly. Bad AI summaries don’t just misinform; they nudge pre-orders, shape expectations, and set the stage for “broken promises” that were never promises to begin with. If you’ve watched the rumor mills around Cyberpunk 2077, No Man’s Sky, or even past Rockstar projects, you know how damaging that loop can be.

• Treat AI search answers as a starting point at best, not gospel. They can be confidently wrong.
• Look for official confirmation: Rockstar Newswire posts, verified trailers, or developer statements.
• Require corroboration from multiple reputable outlets before you believe a “feature.” One forum thread isn’t it.
• Watch the sourcing in any summary. If it points to random posts, that’s a red flag, not proof.

And for creators and community managers: this is your sign to build better verification habits. Screenshots without provenance, cropped Discord DMs, “my cousin at QA” anecdotes—these should get the same side-eye we give obviously fake store listings. AI isn’t going to do this skepticism for us.

The GTA Rumor Machine, Supercharged

GTA’s history is practically a museum of urban legends: Hot Coffee, UFOs, jetpacks, Chiliad murals. The culture of the hunt is part of the fun. What’s changed is that we’ve plugged rumor culture directly into AI systems designed to summarize “what people are saying.” That’s a recipe for amplification over verification. Phillips didn’t break AI with elite hacking; he exploited the same social mechanics that have fueled gaming myths for decades—only now, the megaphone is attached to your search bar.

Looking Ahead

As we inch closer to GTA 6, expect more of this. Companies building AI search need stronger defenses against coordinated content pollution, and gamers need better literacy about how these answers are made. Rockstar will continue to reveal things on its own schedule, and anything not anchored to that should be treated as entertainment, not information.

For the record: there’s no confirmed “twerk button” in GTA 6. If it somehow shows up on launch day, I’ll eat my words—and probably laugh. Until then, let’s not let a punchline become a headline just because an AI said it with confidence.

TL;DR

A YouTuber spammed forums long enough to trick Google’s AI into claiming GTA 6 has a “twerk button.” It’s funny, but also a warning: AI search is easily gamed, and we’re heading into prime rumor season. Trust official Rockstar info and credible verification, not confident summaries citing random posts.