Study Finds AI Recommendation Citation Sources Vary Sharply by Category and Engine

A study of 1,200 AI answers across 7 engines found citation sources vary sharply by category: 22.6% of cited answers for enterprise software reference review sites versus 1.6% for everyday goods, while Reddit citations come almost entirely from Google-based engines.

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