PILOT · W30real engine answers · small pilot wave · wide intervals by designSynthetic probes · not real user sessions · this wave 100% L3 · answers L1 elicited

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Wireless earbuds

Which wireless earbuds do ChatGPT, ChatGPT API and Gemini put forward when a shopper names no brand? Across 30 questions from the published grammar, they do not agree on who to recommend: ChatGPT leads with Soundcore, ChatGPT API leads with Sony, Gemini leads with Sony.

True wireless earbuds across budgets.

AI surfaces4
Brands7
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Every brand, every engine

Read across a row to see where the engines disagree.

estimand: probe-design mention rate over Luce grammar luce-live-v0, rank-range leagues only; not demand-weighted · 30 prompts per cell

All cells shown. Gold marks the top rate on that engine, and every brand tied with it. Grey marks a brand measured too imprecisely to rank this wave. The bar under each rate is its 95% interval.An outline and a tag mark each cell where ChatGPT web app vs ChatGPT API diverge beyond the sum of their interval half-widths.Dashed cells carry a low precision tag: measured, with intervals too wide to rank this wave. Every cell stays readable.
VELIU·LUCEPILOT · W30
One measurement per engine. Rows ordered by ChatGPT.
BrandChatGPT web appmention rate · 95% CIChatGPT APImention rate · 95% CIGeminimention rate · 95% CIPerplexitymention rate · 95% CI
Soundcore77%60-9067%50-83low precision77%63-9053%37-70low precision
Sony60%43-77low precision70%53-8780%67-9367%50-83low precision
AirPods50%33-67low precision57%40-77low precision57%40-73low precision37%20-53low precision
Bose37%20-57low precision50%33-70low precision53%33-70low precision27%13-43low precision
Sennheiser33%17-50low precision10%0-23low precision20%7-37low precision13%3-27low precision
Galaxy Buds13%3-27low precision20%7-37low precision27%13-43low precision17%3-30low precision
Jabra3%0-10low precisiondiverges27%13-43low precisiondiverges23%10-40low precision10%0-23low precision
luce-live-w30 · measured from 15 Jul 2026 · en-US · Wireless earbuds · ChatGPT web app · ChatGPT API · Gemini · PerplexityL1 elicited · Synthetic probes · not real user sessions · this wave 100% L3 · n = 30 prompt clusters per cellGold marks the top rate on that engine, and every brand tied with it. Grey marks a brand measured too imprecisely to rank this wave, and its interval is drawn hatched. The bar under each rate is its 95% interval.probe-design mention rate over Luce grammar luce-live-v0; not demand-weightedPublished by Veliu Research Lab. Veliu sells services to brands measured here.https://luce.veliu.com/c/wireless-earbuds#board-wireless-earbuds
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Behind these numbers
ChatGPT30 real answers

Cite a cell from this board: ChatGPT · ChatGPT API · Gemini · Perplexity. Each claim page states the interval, the sample and the wave with the number. Download the data behind a cell: ChatGPT · ChatGPT API · Gemini · Perplexity. Each bundle carries the members with their intervals, the prompts, the estimator and the gate.

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Photo finish

ChatGPT web shows one real answer above; the three API surfaces race here.

estimand: probe-design leader credible-set read over Luce grammar luce-live-v0; not demand-weighted

VELIU·LUCEPILOT · W30

ChatGPT API

Wireless earbuds · 95% credible set: Sony, Soundcore
likely favorite · Sony

Chance of the top spot · ± Monte Carlo SE

  1. Sony58% ±1.1
  2. Soundcore38% ±1.1
  3. AirPods2% ±0.3
  4. Bose1% ±0.3
3 more brands in this cell hold under a one percent chance of the top spot.
luce-live-w30 · measured from 15 Jul 2026 · en-US · ChatGPT APIL1 elicited · Synthetic probes · not real user sessions · this wave 100% L3 · n = 30 prompt clusters per cellprobe-design leader credible-set read over Luce grammar luce-live-v0; not demand-weightedPublished by Veliu Research Lab. Veliu sells services to brands measured here.https://luce.veliu.com/c/wireless-earbuds#photo-finish-wireless-earbuds-chatgpt-api
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VELIU·LUCEPILOT · W30

Gemini

Wireless earbuds · 95% credible set: Sony, Soundcore
contested · no likely favorite

Chance of the top spot · ± Monte Carlo SE

  1. Sony62% ±1.1
  2. Soundcore38% ±1.1
5 more brands in this cell hold under a one percent chance of the top spot.
luce-live-w30 · measured from 15 Jul 2026 · en-US · GeminiL1 elicited · Synthetic probes · not real user sessions · this wave 100% L3 · n = 30 prompt clusters per cellprobe-design leader credible-set read over Luce grammar luce-live-v0; not demand-weightedPublished by Veliu Research Lab. Veliu sells services to brands measured here.https://luce.veliu.com/c/wireless-earbuds#photo-finish-wireless-earbuds-gemini
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Perplexity

Wireless earbuds · 95% credible set: Sony, Soundcore
likely favorite · Sony

Chance of the top spot · ± Monte Carlo SE

  1. Sony88% ±0.7
  2. Soundcore12% ±0.7
5 more brands in this cell hold under a one percent chance of the top spot.
luce-live-w30 · measured from 15 Jul 2026 · en-US · PerplexityL1 elicited · Synthetic probes · not real user sessions · this wave 100% L3 · n = 30 prompt clusters per cellprobe-design leader credible-set read over Luce grammar luce-live-v0; not demand-weightedPublished by Veliu Research Lab. Veliu sells services to brands measured here.https://luce.veliu.com/c/wireless-earbuds#photo-finish-wireless-earbuds-perplexity
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VELIU·LUCEPILOT · W30
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Engines disagree

Excess divergence above the sampling noise floor.

Cross-engine divergence publishes when two cells clear the precision gate. None did this wave.

luce-live-w30 · measured from 15 Jul 2026 · en-US · ChatGPT web app · ChatGPT API · Gemini · PerplexityL1 elicited · Synthetic probes · not real user sessions · this wave 100% L3Published by Veliu Research Lab. Veliu sells services to brands measured here.https://luce.veliu.com/c/wireless-earbuds#divergence
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Rank ranges and leagues live on each engine's page: ChatGPT · ChatGPT API · Gemini · Perplexity