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Which brands each model API named when asked this question, and which pages it cited. Answer text is not published.
Snapshot Oct 3, 2026. Each category is re-run in rotation, every few weeks.

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Kind of question

3

Model APIs

1

Brands named

11

Pages cited

Brands

Brands the answers named

Ordered by how many model APIs named the brand, then by mentions. A mention is not an endorsement or a position.
Rank#BrandModel APIsMentionsNamed by
1Elicitelicit.com11OpenAI

Model APIs

What each model API returned

One row per model API. The hash identifies the exact answer without publishing it.
Model APIModelBrands namedCitationsDomainsAnswer hash
OpenAIopenai/gpt-4o-miniElicit669d61f75b…14d77
Anthropicanthropic/claude-haiku-4-5None named0050768f9d…32de6
Googlegoogle/gemini-2.5-flashNone named6611ab622b…acf65

Sources

Pages the answers cited

Hostnames come from the URLs the answers returned. Best position is the earliest place a page was cited in an answer.
DomainCited pageBest positionCited byCitations
youtube.comhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=fJO-q7tV0zE&vl=en1OpenAI · Google2
ssbm.chhttps://ssbm.ch/best-ai-tools-for-students-in-2026/1OpenAI1
paperguide.aihttps://paperguide.ai/2Google1
scholarcy.comhttps://scholarcy.com/blog/the-5-best-ai-tools-for-reading-research-papers3Google1
thesify.aihttps://thesify.ai/blog/best-ai-tools-academic-research3OpenAI1
sourcely.nethttps://sourcely.net/ai-research-assistant4Google1
zemith.comhttps://zemith.com/en/contents/best-ai-research-assistant-for-students-20264OpenAI1
answerthis.iohttps://answerthis.io/blog/best-ai-research-assistant-tools5Google1
paperguide.aihttps://paperguide.ai/blog/ai-research-assistant-tools-for-scientific-research/5OpenAI1
guides.lib.purdue.eduhttps://guides.lib.purdue.edu/c.php?g=1371380&p=105928016Google1
jenni.aihttps://jenni.ai/6OpenAI1
Snapshots
764b7769-1e62-441d-8be5-5d6425d2fc22
Question set
ai-research-assistants-2026-07-27
Benchmark version
4-ai-research-assistants-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583
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Measured in Research AI. Full answers are not stored or published, and no customer data is included.

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