How AI answer engines name AI Guardrails
Data through October 21, 2026
Across 1,331 answers ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI surfaces gave to buyer questions about AI Security & Privacy between May 10, 2026 and October 21, 2026, AI Guardrails was named in 16 (1.2%).
By engine
Answers each engine gave to buyer questions about AI Security & Privacy and Legal & Compliance, and how many of them named AI Guardrails.
| Engine | Named | Answers | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 11 | 420 | 2.6% |
| Claude | 1 | 425 | 0.2% |
| Gemini | 2 | 425 | 0.5% |
| Perplexity | 2 | 396 | 0.5% |
| Google AI Mode | 3 | 111 | 2.7% |
| Google AI Overviews | 0 | 40 | 0.0% |
By question type
The same answers, split by the shape of the buyer question.
| Question type | Named | Answers | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best-of | 15 | 237 | 6.3% |
| Ranked list | 0 | 207 | 0.0% |
| Head-to-head | 0 | 216 | 0.0% |
| Is it worth it | 0 | 232 | 0.0% |
| How to choose | 0 | 231 | 0.0% |
| Problem first | 1 | 208 | 0.5% |
| News | 3 | 486 | 0.6% |
Week by week
AI Guardrails was named in at least one answer in 10 of the 18 weeks on record; the latest was the week of October 12, 2026.
Each week's answers to buyer questions about AI Security & Privacy and Legal & Compliance, Monday to Sunday, newest first, and how many of them named AI Guardrails. The questions asked can differ from one week to the next.
| Week of | Named | Answers | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 89 | 0.0% | |
| 3 | 89 | 3.4% | |
| 1 | 179 | 0.6% | |
| 2 | 168 | 1.2% | |
| 3 | 168 | 1.8% | |
| 2 | 120 | 1.7% | |
| 1 | 187 | 0.5% | |
| 0 | 192 | 0.0% | |
| 4 | 139 | 2.9% | |
| 0 | 42 | 0.0% | |
| 0 | 42 | 0.0% | |
| 1 | 53 | 1.9% | |
| 0 | 43 | 0.0% | |
| 0 | 32 | 0.0% | |
| 1 | 112 | 0.9% | |
| 1 | 111 | 0.9% | |
| 0 | 48 | 0.0% | |
| 0 | 3 | 0.0% |
Named first
When an answer named AI Guardrails alongside another brand in this record, it was named first in 10 of 17 (58.8%).
Named alongside
- Guardrails AI: named together in 8 answers
- Lakera: named together in 2 answers
- Onit: named together in 2 answers
- Cisco: named together in 1 answers
- CrowdStrike: named together in 1 answers
- HiddenLayer: named together in 1 answers
- LexCheck: named together in 1 answers
- MLflow: named together in 1 answers
Sources the engines cited when they named AI Guardrails
Domains cited in answers that named AI Guardrails, by the number of those answers that cited them.
| Domain | Answers |
|---|---|
| getmaxim.ai | 6 |
| witness.ai | 5 |
| amazon.com | 4 |
| neuraltrust.ai | 4 |
| youtube.com | 4 |
| agentsindex.ai | 3 |
| americanbar.org | 3 |
| datacamp.com | 3 |
| dev.to | 3 |
| galileo.ai | 3 |
AI Guardrails's own site (guardrails.bot) was cited in 4 of 20 (20.0%).
Across every answer run in the Machine Relations Index, not only the answers that named AI Guardrails, guardrails.bot was cited in 10 of 29,566 (0.03%), by 2 of the 6 engines it observes. The Index is still collecting evidence on guardrails.bot before it grades or ranks it.
Across every AI Security & Privacy buyer question, not only the answers that named AI Guardrails, the Machine Relations Index ranks which sources AI engines cite for AI Security & Privacy questions.
All categories
| Category | Named | Answers | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Security & Privacy | 16 | 1,331 | 1.2% |
| Legal & Compliance | 3 | 486 | 0.6% |
| Enterprise AI | 1 | 501 | 0.2% |
How this is measured
Names are matched case-sensitively from each brand's own homepage title, in answers stored by the Machine Relations Index. Only derived counts are published here; no answer text is.
A brand appears only once it has been named in at least 10 answers on 7 separate days.
A name match counts a mention. It does not count a recommendation, and it does not measure sentiment.
Categories are the Index's buyer-question categories.
Source: Machine Relations Index.
FAQ
Does ChatGPT recommend AI Guardrails?
ChatGPT named AI Guardrails in 11 of 420 answers (2.6%) to buyer questions about AI Security & Privacy and Legal & Compliance between May 10, 2026 and October 21, 2026. This record counts a name, not a recommendation: it does not judge whether the answer endorsed AI Guardrails.
Which sources do AI engines cite when they mention AI Guardrails?
The domains cited most often in answers that named AI Guardrails were getmaxim.ai (6 answers), witness.ai (5 answers) and amazon.com (4 answers).
Which AI engine names AI Guardrails most often?
Google AI Mode, at 2.7%: it named AI Guardrails in 3 of 111 answers to buyer questions about AI Security & Privacy and Legal & Compliance.