We just crossed millions of daily queries, but the number that actually haunts me is the click-through rate on our citations.
In the race to be "first" or "fastest," many AI systems have sacrificed accuracy for prose. We’re seeing a fascinating shift in user behavior: people are clicking sources before they even finish reading the response.
The Real-Time Insight: In an era of synthetic data and AI-generated noise, verification is the differentiator. Verification isn’t just a feature; it’s the bridge between a hallucination and a decision.
Shipping a model is easy. Earning trust at scale, one cited fact at a time, is the hardest thing we’ve ever done. We aren’t just building an answer engine; we’re building a transparency engine.

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We just crossed millions of daily queries...
by Perplexity
Created on May 11, 2026
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