To track AI traffic in Google Analytics 4 (GA4), start with the AI Assistant channel in the Traffic acquisition report, then build a custom channel group that matches AI sources on session source alone, ordered above Referral. That second step recovers the AI visits the native channel leaves in Referral and Unassigned, across your whole history.
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