[Free Release] Visualize AI Search Engine Citation Data in 3D ── Real-time Citation Simulation "Sighted Lab" Now Publicly Available
Tech Knowledge Base Co., Ltd. has launched "Sighted Lab," a free web service that visualizes AI search engine citation data in 3D. As AI search citations become a new marketing challenge, this tool helps companies intuitively understand their AI citation status.
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- 📰 Published: May 1, 2026 at 08:37
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Tech Knowledge Base Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture; Representative Director: Shota Nagafuchi) has publicly released "Sighted Lab," a free website that visualizes AI search engine citation patterns in real-time. No registration is required, and anyone can view it immediately.
Where the world's curiosity is drawn
Sighted Lab in action
Sighted Lab: https://lab.sighted-aeo.com/
■ Background of the Release ── "AI Citation" Metrics Not Found in GA4 or Search Console
The use of AI search engines such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity is rapidly expanding. Gartner predicts a 25% decrease in traditional search volume by 2026, and it is certain that users are increasingly asking AI directly instead of searching Google for "○○ recommendations."
Amidst these changes, for companies, "being cited in AI's answers" has become a new marketing challenge, in addition to "appearing in Google search results."
However, currently, there are almost no means to grasp this "AI citation."
Google Analytics → Cannot accurately identify traffic from AI search
Search Console → Does not display the presence or absence of AI citations
Existing SEO tools → Can measure traditional search rankings and fixed-point observations of AI citations, but cannot measure AI citations.
"How is our company treated in AI search?" ── The data to answer this question is currently not available in the market.
■ "Sighted Lab" ── A Site Where You Can Visually Understand the Flow of AI Citations
Sighted Lab is a website that visualizes AI search citation data, uniquely accumulated by our company, in real-time on a 3D globe interface.
"Questions" and "websites" are placed as nodes on the globe, and how AI cited which sites for a question flows as an arc animation of light. The purpose is to understand "what AI search citation is" through experience, not just words.
URL: https://lab.sighted-aeo.com/
Usage fee: Free (no registration required)
Supported languages: Japanese, English, Korean, German, Spanish
■ 5 Features of Sighted Lab
1. Real-time citation simulation
Questions are posed to AI for each industry, and the citation results are accumulated. The accumulated real data is played back via real-time streaming. You can observe the dynamic flow of citations as it happens, rather than static reports.
2. 3D globe visualization
Question nodes and site nodes are geographically arranged, and the flow of citations is displayed as an arc animation. You can intuitively grasp "in which region," "what kind of questions were asked," and "which sites were cited."
3. Industry/region filtering
Filtering by industry category allows you to narrow down and check the citation status for your own industry. You can see industry-specific trends such as "which sites are frequently cited in the food and beverage industry" or "what are the citation trends in the SaaS industry."
4. Trending question ranking
Displays the trend of frequently asked questions in AI search. You can see "what AI is being asked now" in real-time.
5. Detailed citation confirmation
Clicking on question nodes or site nodes allows you to check details such as which AI engine cited which site for which question.
■ What Sighted Lab Reveals ── 4 Perspectives
Perspective
What you can understand
Citation source
Which sites are cited by AI for a given question
Industry trends
Differences in citation frequency and frequently cited questions by industry
Temporal changes
How the number of questions and cited sites change over time (currently updated basically every other day)
■ Why We Are Releasing a "Simulation"
"AI search citation" is a new concept, and for many corporate managers, it is still difficult to visualize.
Our company continuously conducts unique observations, actually posing questions to AI search engines and recording their answers and citation sources. However, there was a challenge that it was difficult to convey "what AI search citation is" and "what the problem is for our company" with just scores and text data.
Sighted Lab is designed to make a part of this observation data intuitively accessible to anyone. Instead of conveying "citation rate is ○%" in a text report, by visually observing the flow of citations, companies can understand how their websites are treated in the AI search era.
Where the world's curiosity is drawn
Sighted Lab in action
Sighted Lab: https://lab.sighted-aeo.com/
■ Background of the Release ── "AI Citation" Metrics Not Found in GA4 or Search Console
The use of AI search engines such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity is rapidly expanding. Gartner predicts a 25% decrease in traditional search volume by 2026, and it is certain that users are increasingly asking AI directly instead of searching Google for "○○ recommendations."
Amidst these changes, for companies, "being cited in AI's answers" has become a new marketing challenge, in addition to "appearing in Google search results."
However, currently, there are almost no means to grasp this "AI citation."
Google Analytics → Cannot accurately identify traffic from AI search
Search Console → Does not display the presence or absence of AI citations
Existing SEO tools → Can measure traditional search rankings and fixed-point observations of AI citations, but cannot measure AI citations.
"How is our company treated in AI search?" ── The data to answer this question is currently not available in the market.
■ "Sighted Lab" ── A Site Where You Can Visually Understand the Flow of AI Citations
Sighted Lab is a website that visualizes AI search citation data, uniquely accumulated by our company, in real-time on a 3D globe interface.
"Questions" and "websites" are placed as nodes on the globe, and how AI cited which sites for a question flows as an arc animation of light. The purpose is to understand "what AI search citation is" through experience, not just words.
URL: https://lab.sighted-aeo.com/
Usage fee: Free (no registration required)
Supported languages: Japanese, English, Korean, German, Spanish
■ 5 Features of Sighted Lab
1. Real-time citation simulation
Questions are posed to AI for each industry, and the citation results are accumulated. The accumulated real data is played back via real-time streaming. You can observe the dynamic flow of citations as it happens, rather than static reports.
2. 3D globe visualization
Question nodes and site nodes are geographically arranged, and the flow of citations is displayed as an arc animation. You can intuitively grasp "in which region," "what kind of questions were asked," and "which sites were cited."
3. Industry/region filtering
Filtering by industry category allows you to narrow down and check the citation status for your own industry. You can see industry-specific trends such as "which sites are frequently cited in the food and beverage industry" or "what are the citation trends in the SaaS industry."
4. Trending question ranking
Displays the trend of frequently asked questions in AI search. You can see "what AI is being asked now" in real-time.
5. Detailed citation confirmation
Clicking on question nodes or site nodes allows you to check details such as which AI engine cited which site for which question.
■ What Sighted Lab Reveals ── 4 Perspectives
Perspective
What you can understand
Citation source
Which sites are cited by AI for a given question
Industry trends
Differences in citation frequency and frequently cited questions by industry
Temporal changes
How the number of questions and cited sites change over time (currently updated basically every other day)
■ Why We Are Releasing a "Simulation"
"AI search citation" is a new concept, and for many corporate managers, it is still difficult to visualize.
Our company continuously conducts unique observations, actually posing questions to AI search engines and recording their answers and citation sources. However, there was a challenge that it was difficult to convey "what AI search citation is" and "what the problem is for our company" with just scores and text data.
Sighted Lab is designed to make a part of this observation data intuitively accessible to anyone. Instead of conveying "citation rate is ○%" in a text report, by visually observing the flow of citations, companies can understand how their websites are treated in the AI search era.