Analysis

What I make of it

Once a month I sit down with the run that just finished and write up what I think it shows. One piece, written by me. The machine-written readouts of each run are kept separately, in Run notes.

• 16 September 2026

  AI assistants spit out learned favorites and slap on citations as proof

  AI assistants spit out learned favorites and slap on citations as "proof" for the user (for known brands and apps).

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• 6 August 2026

  ChatGPT loves to cite from press sites, the App Store and owned pages

  The number 1 mentioned mobile app in the Fitness category is Nike Training Club. It's consistently at the top for the last three months. In the Apple App Store Health and Fitness category\, Nike Training Club is on rank 104 (US, iPhone).

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• 3 August 2026

  My view on this project after the third month of data

  Once a month since June I'm capturing the responses to 33 to 35 questions in five categories. I want to understand and record which mobile apps are recommended by the most common AI tools (and Mistral for the love of Europe). Today's analysis covers grounding (web search), costs, why Perplexity is one of the big players (mentioning-wise) and a teaser for a fitness app deep-dive.

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