AI Recommendations Change With Nearly Every Query: SparkToro

January 30, 2026

AI Recommendations Change With Nearly Every Query: SparkToro

AI tools produce different brand recommendation lists nearly every time they answer the same question, according to a new report from SparkToro. The data showed a <1-in-100 chance that ChatGPT or Google’s AI in Search (AI Overviews/AI Mode) would return the same list of brands across repeated runs of the same prompt. Rand Fishkin, SparkToro

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