We ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini to recommend and describe service businesses across 10 US cities. Every recommendation is verified against Google Places. Every factual claim is extracted and analyzed. Updated monthly.
ChatGPT (GPT-4o), Claude (Sonnet 4.6), Perplexity (Sonar Pro), and Gemini (2.5 Flash). Same prompt, same day, same parameters.
Dallas, Atlanta, Denver, Phoenix, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville. Geographic and market diversity.
Every recommended business is verified against Google Places API. Name match, city match, and industry match are all checked independently.
What percentage of recommended businesses are cited by two or more AI platforms? Low agreement means AI recommendations are inconsistent — the business you get recommended depends on which AI you ask.
What percentage of recommended businesses can be verified as real, operating in the specified city, via Google Places? This measures whether the AI’s recommendation is a real business you could actually hire.
What percentage of recommended businesses cannot be found on Google Places at all? These are businesses the AI may have fabricated — names that don’t correspond to any real business listing.
When asked to describe a specific business, how many concrete factual claims does each AI platform make? We extract and categorize every claim — founding years, certifications, services, staff details — none sourced from verified operational data.
A TrustRecord is a verified, machine-readable record of your business’s operating history. It’s how AI knows who you are, what you do, and how you perform.
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