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Claude AI Health Citations Rely on Established Institutional Sources

ai-technology · 2026-05-26

A study analyzing Anthropic's Claude AI found that 97.8% of its health citations come from established institutional sources. Researchers applied the Authority Signals Framework to a sample of 542 sources from 10,038 citations across 3,075 consumer health questions. The study highlights the integrity of sources used by LLMs in health contexts.

Key facts

  • 97.8% of citations from institutional sources
  • 10,038 citations analyzed
  • 3,075 consumer health questions used
  • Authority Signals Framework applied
  • 542 sources sampled
  • Data from HealthSearchQA dataset
  • Study by Jacques et al., 2026
  • Anthropic's Claude AI examined

Entities

Institutions

  • Anthropic
  • Google Research

Sources