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AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Illinois, USA in AI travel recommendations

US state · overall rank 78 of 233 · rank 27 among US state destinations

AI models put Illinois, USA in their top 10 recommendations in 2.6% of answers, rank 78 overall. It does best when the question specifies transport as road trip: 16.3%, +13.7 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores +0.4 points against web search off.

The score is the share of answers that recommend Illinois, USA in their top 10, averaged model by model and then platform by platform, so each platform counts equally.

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By platform

PlatformScore
Claude2.8%
ChatGPT1.6%
Gemini3.2%
Grok2.8%

By model

ModelScore
Claude Opus 52.8%
Claude Sonnet 52.8%
Claude Haiku 4.52.8%
GPT-5.6 Terra1.6%
GPT-5.6 Luna1.6%
Gemini 3.8 Flash3.2%
Grok 4.62.8%

Web search and effort

Illinois, USA · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers

Illinois, USA with web search on and off, and at each model's lowest and normal effort setting.

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SettingSearch on / normal effortSearch off / lowest effort
Web search on vs off2.8%2.4%
Normal vs lowest effort2.5%2.6%

The repeated baseline question never put this destination in its top 10, so it has no repeat figure.

By kind of question

How much higher or lower the score is on questions that ask for each option, in percentage points against the overall score. Outlined cells are below the overall score.

Transport

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Road tripAt most two connections
Change+13.7−2.2

Trip length

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
WeekendOne weekTwo weeks
Change+4.1−1.4−2.4

Season

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
SummerFallWinterSpring
Change+2.5−1.9−2.3−2.4

How it's asked

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Where should I go?The plain question
Change+0.3−2.6

Climate

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Cool Weather
Change−1.8

Travel style

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
AdventureRelaxation
Change−2.2−2.2

Travel party

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
FamilySolo
Change−2.3−2.3

How the models wrote the name

NameMentions
Chicago39
Gurnee1

Illinois, USA

Most questions went to each model at each setting only once, and a model read the answers, so a reading can be wrong. The methodology has the details.

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