"Sexual AI" spam on a Japanese municipal website: junk SEO also cashes in on the AI craze

By Tema EN · sex and relationships · October 24, 2026.

The material received contains no news fact whatsoever. There is only a promotional title, "AI SEX: meilleure application SEX AI en 2026", and a URL on the domain of the Japanese town of Shodoshima (town.shodoshima.lg.jp). There are no figures, companies, verifiable products or technical data to analyze, which is why this piece is deliberately brief.

The only thing worth commenting on is the form of the link. The URL's query string carries an `xml=` parameter with base64-encoded content. By its appearance, it seems to reference an external resource, a technique sometimes used to inject content into legitimate pages. We have not verified this. Nor is there any indication that the town hall is involved: the most plausible explanation is that it is an institutional site being exploited by third parties.

Our reading: this kind of spam latches onto any buzzword, and "AI" is currently one of the most profitable in search engine optimization. It will pass, just as cryptocurrencies and "free" did. The practical consequence is short-term. Be wary of "best AI apps" rankings coming from domains unrelated to the topic, as they are often traps for lead harvesting, fraud or malware. In the long term, search engines and noise-filtering models should make this spam less and less profitable.