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Ask AI the Way a Person Would, and the Warning Disappears
Three of five AI platforms cited no sources across 420 responses. Asked for a 2026 federal tax figure with the year stated, they flagged their own uncertainty three times in four. Asked the way a practitioner actually asks, that fell to one in four, and unqualified answers built on outdated numbers more than tripled.
No firm is measured in this study. The rated party is the platform, and the ground truth is the federal record itself.
14 federal thresholds · 700 responses · five platforms · Collected August 2026