Glossary

API collection

Obtaining AI responses through a programmatic interface. An API result needs calibration before it is treated as representative of a consumer product.

In practice

Record whether web search was enabled when comparing API and consumer answers.

This is Outrigger’s working definition. Always check a study’s operational definition before comparing its findings with another study.

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Related term: Grounding.

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