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ChatGPT Changed How It Picks Sources While You Were Reading My Last Post

Author Suganthan Mohanadasan Date 2026-07-14 Model state Updates through 2026-07-22; free and paid accounts Open source →

Key findings

The structure of hits and references was rebuilt on 2026-07-21: result_source gone, IDs as objects, supporting_websites as secondary sources per claim, pipes cohort-dependent.

Checked against our data

The new hit structure is our starting point. supporting_websites we do not see, although the extractor looks for it; the chronicle lists this as an open question, the tracker reports if the field appears.

ClaimStatusEvidence
2026-07-21: result_source removed, reference IDs as objects, new structure search_result_groupsconfirmedsearch_result_groups with group_type search_result_group and entries[].ref_id is the structure we have read since 2026-08-20.
supporting_websites on citation items (runner-up per claim)unverifiablerefs.supporting_website_count is 0 on all our measurement days. Either cohort or removed again.
Fifth pipe bing, cohort-wise; Bright 558/595 for paidunverifiablePipeline field gone; signature only allows index/scrape.

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