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AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Rhode Island, USA in AI travel recommendations

US state · overall rank 85 of 233 · rank 29 among US state destinations

AI models put Rhode Island, USA in their top 10 recommendations in 2.0% of answers, rank 85 overall. It does best when the question specifies season as summer: 7.2%, +5.2 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores −1.2 points against web search off.

The score is the share of answers that recommend Rhode Island, 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
Claude1.6%
ChatGPT3.6%
Gemini1.6%
Grok1.2%

By model

ModelScore
Claude Opus 51.2%
Claude Sonnet 52.4%
Claude Haiku 4.51.2%
GPT-5.6 Terra3.2%
GPT-5.6 Luna4.0%
Gemini 3.8 Flash1.6%
Grok 4.61.2%

Web search and effort

Rhode Island, USA · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers

Rhode Island, 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 off1.4%2.6%
Normal vs lowest effort2.1%1.9%

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.

Season

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
SummerFallSpring
Change+5.2+2.9−1.6

Trip length

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
WeekendOne weekTwo weeks
Change+3.5−0.3−0.6

Transport

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Road tripAt most two connections
Change+2.6−1.5

How it's asked

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Where should I go?Underrated
Change+0.3−2.0

Climate

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Cool Weather
Change−0.9

Travel style

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
RelaxationAdventure
Change−1.5−1.6

Travel party

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
FamilySolo
Change−1.6−1.7

How the models wrote the name

NameMentions
Newport21
Block Island2

Rhode Island, 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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