Benchmark Brief · 50 seconds

Under $50? Check the total.

Name: Skincare: Under $50? Check the total.
Uploaded: 2026-11-11T16:10:05.000Z
Duration: 50 s
Channel: Robert Hu
Description: Claude’s captured budget answer opened with “all well under $50 total,” then estimated $55–65 upfront. A lower monthly estimate does not resolve that upfront-budget contradiction. Gemini labeled its second routine about $44, but its quoted $17 + $22 + $15 totals $54. Its first routine correctly totals $42. These are arithmetic checks of captured statements, not verified checkout prices.

Skincare · Collected November 11, 2026

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12 usable answers · Four AI assistants · Three prompt types

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Claude’s captured budget answer opened with “all well under $50 total,” then estimated $55–65 upfront. A lower monthly estimate does not resolve that upfront-budget contradiction.

Gemini labeled its second routine about $44, but its quoted $17 + $22 + $15 totals $54. Its first routine correctly totals $42. These are arithmetic checks of captured statements, not verified checkout prices.

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Under fifty dollars? Check the total.

Recoscope’s November eleventh skincare benchmark captured twelve usable answers.

Claude opened with “all well under fifty dollars total,” then estimated fifty-five to sixty-five dollars upfront. A lower monthly estimate doesn’t fix that upfront-budget contradiction.

Gemini labeled its second routine about forty-four dollars. But seventeen plus twenty-two plus fifteen equals fifty-four. Its first routine correctly totaled forty-two.

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These are captured statements and arithmetic checks, not verified checkout prices, product ratings, or medical advice.

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