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Findings published alongside the editions, most cut from answers already collected for one. Free, never sponsored, and never commissioned by a vendor.
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The homes AI named held 4–5 stars about as often as other rated homes in the same areas
A separate study, not part of the monthly index: what three AI systems named when asked about dementia care in ten areas, against the homes' Star Ratings. Counts only.
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Ask AI the same question a month apart and a different list of vendors comes back
A comparison run alongside The Named Index: August against September 2026, the same questions, the same four AI systems. Not comparable in the same form from October.
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More than half of what AI reads about care software, the vendors wrote
All 30,178 sources cited across the August 2026 edition, classified by who owns the page. The four engines do not read the same web.
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Ask AI like a person and it names a quarter fewer vendors
An experiment run alongside The Named Index, August 2026. Same 400 buying questions, asked two ways.
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