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AI citation
Updated 2026-05-17
An AI citation is a named reference an AI answer engine attaches to a sentence or paragraph in its response, identifying the source it used to ground that claim. Perplexity, ChatGPT search, Claude, and Bing AI all show citations; being cited is the AI-search equivalent of ranking on Google.
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