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When AI Recommendations Turn Consumers Away

October 5, 2026 By: FMI Staff

Your brand has a reputation with AI, too.

Nearly 81% of consumers who use chatbots for online shopping have decided against a purchase based on AI guidance.

Although there has been growing attention around optimization for AI-generated recommendations, visibility is only part of the equation. Humans are no longer the only ones with sentiment toward brands. Marketers, AI sentiment could directly impact your sales, it may be time to add this metric to the dashboard.

How does AI describe your brand? Is its tone positive or negative? Is AI choosing your brand when a user starts narrowing down their options? Tracking the answers to questions like these could give you a clearer picture of how AI perceives and represents your brand

But, how can brands improve their AI sentiment?

1. Build credibility with evidence.
Genuine reviews, expert mentions, and other forms of third-party validation all feed the information AI uses. Internally, make sure your brand’s content is evidence-based, detailed, and easy for AI to interpret.

2. Understand what’s driving negative sentiment.
Identify the queries driving negative sentiment or causing AI to overlook your brand. Is it a narrative you can change by editing or creating new content? Or is it pointing to a deeper change your brand needs to take?

Read more here.

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