Which AI model searches the web better on a B2B food communication-gap question?
We gave six AI models the same question with web search on. This page counts the websites each answer cites and sets that against the answer's length. We have not yet opened the cited links to see whether they back the answers. It compares the models, not their advice.
As asked, word for word.
There are always communication gaps between buyers and suppliers in the B2B food industry. Find out what are those gaps, figure out why those gaps are keep happening, and research solutions that are actually worked based on the fact.
The question names no country, product, or company. It asks for the gaps, why they keep happening, and solutions that actually worked, based on fact. That calls for surveys, case studies, and trade press. It tests whether a model finds such pages and links them.
Which model researched further?
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| Answer | Words | Websites cited |
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More websites means the model looked further. It does not mean the answer is right. That needs the link check below, which has not run for this question.
Do the cited pages back what the models wrote? Not checked yet.
In a checked comparison, we open every cited link and compare the page with the passage that cites it. For this question that has not happened. The numbers below say how much there is to check.
Cited links · one square per link, none opened yet
Until then, treat every figure in these answers as a lead, not a fact. Open the page before a number goes into your plan. To see what a finished check looks like, read the comparison How effective are interpreters and translation tools at trade-show booths in Japan?.
What this means when you pick a model for research.
A source list inside a code block is not counted.
Qwen3.8-Max names its sources in the text, with a publisher and a date or year. It also lists 14 of them with addresses, but inside a code block, which the library's count skips. Its count of 0 websites means no countable link, not no sources. K3 names no publisher and gives no link.
One answer links mostly to this library.
Gemini 3.6 writes publisher names such as Food Manufacture, GS1 UK, and Food Safety Tech as its link text. In its saved copy, 11 of its 20 linked addresses are AI Report Library pages. Nine are Opus 5.5's answer to this same question, and two are GPT-6 Astra's. We have not opened the links, so we say nothing yet about what any page shows.
Length and breadth do not move together.
GPT-6 Astra wrote the longest answer, 1,787 words, and cites 7 websites. Opus 5.5 cites 22 websites in 1,179 words.
Every answer, with its numbers.
| Model | Setting | Asked | Words | Websites | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opus 5.5 | High | 6 Oct 2026 | 1,179 | 22 | 25 |
| GPT-6 Astra | High | 6 Oct 2026 | 1,787 | 7 | 13 |
| Gemini 3.6 | Thinking | 6 Oct 2026 | 829 | 5 | 6 |
| Grok 4.7 | Fast | 6 Oct 2026 | 1,437 | 10 | 14 |
| Qwen3.8-Max | Thinking | 6 Oct 2026 | 1,403 | – | |
| K3 | High | 6 Oct 2026 | 988 | – |