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Platform-reported dates are provenance metadata and do not independently prove freshness.","All included platforms evaluated fit, but platformmentions counts only platforms that named the entity during ranking discovery.","Do not resolve conflicting product names, pricing, or capabilities by guessing; describe the conflict and tell buyers what to verify.","The supplied URLs were collected from platform responses and were not independently validated by the writer stage.","Company-owned citations materially outnumber independent citations; do not describe company claims as independently verified.","Platform-reported research dates differ from the authoritative run date; disclose this as a methodology limitation.","Citations are platform-reported evidence, not independently verified facts. No-search model claims require explicit verification before being described as current facts."],"methodology":{"fit_rating_contract":["strong","good","mixed","weak","uncertain"],"included_valid_platform_count":7,"maximum_finalists":10,"minimum_mentions":2,"name":"Moving Consensus Index cross-platform AI consensus analysis","platforms_included":["anthropic","deepseek","google","grok","kimi","openai","perplexity"],"platforms_queried":["openai","anthropic","deepseek","grok","perplexity","kimi","google"],"stages":["ranking_discovery","fit_assessment","normalization","editorial_synthesis"],"version":"alias-table-1"},"provenance":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01 05:55:06.209005+00","research_date":"2026-10-01","source_snapshot_sha256":"980067f7777718cc48efc28252ecbd36cad7fe8029339a96ae7a6002c272c0dd","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":36,"qualified_finalists":9,"ranking_unit":"Auto transport company or broker"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"American Auto Shipping is a mixed fit for dealership and auction bulk transport. Two of the seven platforms in this study named it during ranking discovery, and those two placed it at an average listed rank of 4.0 (best rank 2). The strongest reason to consider it is a publicly marketed dealer and fleet program that claims volume pricing tiers, net-30 invoicing for qualified accounts, recurring-lane configuration, and API integration. 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