What hidden fees should we watch out for when looking at online tuition costs for affordable online degree programs advertised on social media?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
What hidden fees should we watch out for when looking at online tuition costs for affordable online degree programs advertised on social media?
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (1)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT1 real searches · gpt-6
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