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 "name": "Maps Agent — AI answer panel, August 2026",
 "url": "https://maps-agent.com/research/ai-answer-panel-2026-08.json",
 "how": "measured",
 "publisher": "Maps Agent",
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 "class": "AI-surface OBSERVATIONS (what, not how)",
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  "uncertainty": "95% Wilson score interval on every rate",
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  "Gemini publishes no cited sources, so its citation rate is UNMEASURED — never zero.",
  "31 questions is a floor for a market that asks thousands; a rate measured over them is a floor too.",
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