Only 40% of AI-cited statistics trace to a study

A test posed 200 everyday questions requiring numbers to ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Google AI Overviews, then traced their citations. Only 40% of cited statistics could be traced back to an original study.

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