Would the choice change with a different source label?
Why it matters
When an AI assistant shortlists options for work, check whether its choice follows your requirements or a familiar name.
Reading note
In controlled comparisons across shopping, accommodation and scholarly search, changing source labels affected selection with content fixed and order balanced. These results do not establish how your workplace assistant behaves.
Before this step: Agent · Tool result
“Candidate content is otherwise unchanged across the four presentations.”One English pattern
Holding … constant, we changed … to check whether …Name what stays fixed and what changes. Report an observation before drawing a conclusion. This practice pattern is ours, not a quotation.
Make two mock search-result cards for a work question, matching the same requirements. Keep their text fixed; swap only source labels and test both card orders: four cases in fresh chats. Record choices and model settings. Write two English sentences on what changed and what needs retesting. Four answers are a diagnostic exercise, not proof of bias.
Check your draft
Did you explain the mechanism, name a condition, and make a concrete work decision? Saving records your draft, not a mastery score.