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AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Wisconsin, USA in AI travel recommendations

US state · overall rank 80 of 233 · rank 28 among US state destinations

AI models put Wisconsin, USA in their top 10 recommendations in 2.5% of answers, rank 80 overall. It does best when the question specifies trip length as weekend: 12.4%, +9.9 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores −0.7 points against web search off.

The score is the share of answers that recommend Wisconsin, 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
Claude2.0%
ChatGPT3.8%
Gemini2.4%
Grok2.0%

By model

ModelScore
Claude Opus 51.2%
Claude Sonnet 53.6%
Claude Haiku 4.51.2%
GPT-5.6 Terra3.2%
GPT-5.6 Luna4.4%
Gemini 3.8 Flash2.4%
Grok 4.62.0%

Web search and effort

Wisconsin, USA · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers

Wisconsin, 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 off2.2%2.9%
Normal vs lowest effort2.2%2.8%

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.

Trip length

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
WeekendOne weekTwo weeks
Change+9.9−2.4−2.4

Season

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
FallSummerSpringWinter
Change+5.7+4.1−2.3−2.3

Transport

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Road tripAt most two connections
Change+3.5−2.2

How it's asked

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

Climate

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Cool Weather
Change−1.7

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
Door County46
Driftless Area1
Kohler1
Lake Geneva1
Wisconsin Dells1

Wisconsin, 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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