B
Evidence Grade B
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49%
49% -- share reading ai generated summaries first for prospective students (2026)
49% of prospective students (teens ages 13-18) read AI-generated summaries before doing further research/clicking through search results.
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Value
49%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
3,300
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Carnegie Dartlet
Primary
Tier A
https://nicolaziady.com/pr-strategy-ai-citations-2026/ ↗
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Carnegie Dartlet
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National survey of 3,300 teens ages 13-18
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prospective students: 49% share reading ai generated summaries first. Source: Carnegie Dartlet (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/students-ai-summaries-49pct
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