{
  "id": 7983380,
  "title": "Keep ChatGPT UI observations out of your API denominator",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/keep-chatgpt-ui-observations-out-of-your-api-denominator",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-17T08:01:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/bobb_kim_fcbcd2b6567f5dce/keep-chatgpt-ui-observations-out-of-your-api-denominator-4gdd"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The report discusses a debugging case regarding ChatGPT's user interface and its impact on API results. The experiment involved asking a question about the best agency for Korean beauty products five times through the API with web search, while the consumer interface observation was conducted separately. The recurring agency had a low Ahrefs Domain Rating when checked on the same day. The report emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between the API and consumer interface settings and suggests separate records for each, including surface, run count, web search requirements, location fix, and brand name supply. It also highlights the need to count names and citation domains separately, as the recurring agency's domain appearing in displayed citations does not mean it was cited five times.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}