B
Evidence Grade B
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45%
45% -- share of ai assistant responses with significant issues for AI assistants (cross-market study) (2026)
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Value
45%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
2,709
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
90
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
searchenginejournal.com
Primary
Tier B
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/author/matt-southern/page/15/ ↗
Source Article
Matt Southern - 15/40
Original Research
searchenginejournal.com
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Methodology
Cross-market study analyzing 2,709 AI-assistant responses; 81% had some issue, 45% significant issues; Gemini had most sourcing issues
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Industrymarketing
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AI assistants (cross-market study): 45% share of ai assistant responses with significant issues. Source: searchenginejournal.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-assistant-response-issues-study
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