diff --git a/java/ql/src/Telemetry/AutomodelApplicationModeExtractCandidates.ql b/java/ql/src/Telemetry/AutomodelApplicationModeExtractCandidates.ql
index b2f6c0f9e3f..b46a25b088d 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/Telemetry/AutomodelApplicationModeExtractCandidates.ql
+++ b/java/ql/src/Telemetry/AutomodelApplicationModeExtractCandidates.ql
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ where
   // overlap between our detected sinks and the pre-existing modeling. We assume that, if a sink has already been
   // modeled in a MaD model, then it doesn't belong to any additional sink types, and we don't need to reexamine it.
   (
-    not CharacteristicsImpl::isSink(endpoint, _, _) and alreadyAiModeled = "false"
+    not CharacteristicsImpl::isSink(endpoint, _, _) and alreadyAiModeled = ""
     or
-    CharacteristicsImpl::isSink(endpoint, _, any(string s | s.matches("%ai-%"))) and
-    alreadyAiModeled = "true"
+    alreadyAiModeled.matches("%ai-%") and
+    CharacteristicsImpl::isSink(endpoint, _, alreadyAiModeled)
   ) and
   meta.hasMetadata(endpoint, package, type, subtypes, name, signature, input, isVarargsArray) and
   includeAutomodelCandidate(package, type, name, signature) and
diff --git a/java/ql/test/query-tests/Telemetry/AutomodelApplicationModeExtraction/AutomodelApplicationModeExtractCandidates.expected b/java/ql/test/query-tests/Telemetry/AutomodelApplicationModeExtraction/AutomodelApplicationModeExtractCandidates.expected
index 7903223bee6..77d51830c67 100644
--- a/java/ql/test/query-tests/Telemetry/AutomodelApplicationModeExtraction/AutomodelApplicationModeExtractCandidates.expected
+++ b/java/ql/test/query-tests/Telemetry/AutomodelApplicationModeExtraction/AutomodelApplicationModeExtractCandidates.expected
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-| Test.java:16:3:16:11 | reference | command-injection, path-injection, request-forgery, sql-injection\nrelated locations: $@.\nmetadata: $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@. | Test.java:16:3:16:24 | set(...) | CallContext | file://java.util.concurrent.atomic:1:1:1:1 | java.util.concurrent.atomic | package | file://AtomicReference:1:1:1:1 | AtomicReference | type | file://false:1:1:1:1 | false | subtypes | file://set:1:1:1:1 | set | name | file://(String):1:1:1:1 | (String) | signature | file://Argument[this]:1:1:1:1 | Argument[this] | input | file://false:1:1:1:1 | false | isVarargsArray | file://false:1:1:1:1 | false | alreadyAiModeled |
-| Test.java:21:3:21:10 | supplier | command-injection, path-injection, request-forgery, sql-injection\nrelated locations: $@.\nmetadata: $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@. | Test.java:21:3:21:16 | get(...) | CallContext | file://java.util.function:1:1:1:1 | java.util.function | package | file://Supplier:1:1:1:1 | Supplier | type | file://true:1:1:1:1 | true | subtypes | file://get:1:1:1:1 | get | name | file://():1:1:1:1 | () | signature | file://Argument[this]:1:1:1:1 | Argument[this] | input | file://false:1:1:1:1 | false | isVarargsArray | file://false:1:1:1:1 | false | alreadyAiModeled |
-| Test.java:34:4:34:11 | openPath | command-injection, request-forgery, sql-injection\nrelated locations: $@.\nmetadata: $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@. | Test.java:33:10:35:3 | newInputStream(...) | CallContext | file://java.nio.file:1:1:1:1 | java.nio.file | package | file://Files:1:1:1:1 | Files | type | file://false:1:1:1:1 | false | subtypes | file://newInputStream:1:1:1:1 | newInputStream | name | file://(Path,OpenOption[]):1:1:1:1 | (Path,OpenOption[]) | signature | file://Argument[0]:1:1:1:1 | Argument[0] | input | file://false:1:1:1:1 | false | isVarargsArray | file://true:1:1:1:1 | true | alreadyAiModeled |
-| Test.java:53:4:53:4 | o | command-injection, path-injection, request-forgery, sql-injection\nrelated locations: $@.\nmetadata: $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@. | Test.java:51:3:56:3 | walk(...) | CallContext | file://java.nio.file:1:1:1:1 | java.nio.file | package | file://Files:1:1:1:1 | Files | type | file://false:1:1:1:1 | false | subtypes | file://walk:1:1:1:1 | walk | name | file://(Path,FileVisitOption[]):1:1:1:1 | (Path,FileVisitOption[]) | signature | file://Argument[1]:1:1:1:1 | Argument[1] | input | file://true:1:1:1:1 | true | isVarargsArray | file://false:1:1:1:1 | false | alreadyAiModeled |
+| Test.java:16:3:16:11 | reference | command-injection, path-injection, request-forgery, sql-injection\nrelated locations: $@.\nmetadata: $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@. | Test.java:16:3:16:24 | set(...) | CallContext | file://java.util.concurrent.atomic:1:1:1:1 | java.util.concurrent.atomic | package | file://AtomicReference:1:1:1:1 | AtomicReference | type | file://false:1:1:1:1 | false | subtypes | file://set:1:1:1:1 | set | name | file://(String):1:1:1:1 | (String) | signature | file://Argument[this]:1:1:1:1 | Argument[this] | input | file://false:1:1:1:1 | false | isVarargsArray | file://:1:1:1:1 |  | alreadyAiModeled |
+| Test.java:21:3:21:10 | supplier | command-injection, path-injection, request-forgery, sql-injection\nrelated locations: $@.\nmetadata: $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@. | Test.java:21:3:21:16 | get(...) | CallContext | file://java.util.function:1:1:1:1 | java.util.function | package | file://Supplier:1:1:1:1 | Supplier | type | file://true:1:1:1:1 | true | subtypes | file://get:1:1:1:1 | get | name | file://():1:1:1:1 | () | signature | file://Argument[this]:1:1:1:1 | Argument[this] | input | file://false:1:1:1:1 | false | isVarargsArray | file://:1:1:1:1 |  | alreadyAiModeled |
+| Test.java:34:4:34:11 | openPath | command-injection, request-forgery, sql-injection\nrelated locations: $@.\nmetadata: $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@. | Test.java:33:10:35:3 | newInputStream(...) | CallContext | file://java.nio.file:1:1:1:1 | java.nio.file | package | file://Files:1:1:1:1 | Files | type | file://false:1:1:1:1 | false | subtypes | file://newInputStream:1:1:1:1 | newInputStream | name | file://(Path,OpenOption[]):1:1:1:1 | (Path,OpenOption[]) | signature | file://Argument[0]:1:1:1:1 | Argument[0] | input | file://false:1:1:1:1 | false | isVarargsArray | file://ai-manual:1:1:1:1 | ai-manual | alreadyAiModeled |
+| Test.java:53:4:53:4 | o | command-injection, path-injection, request-forgery, sql-injection\nrelated locations: $@.\nmetadata: $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@, $@. | Test.java:51:3:56:3 | walk(...) | CallContext | file://java.nio.file:1:1:1:1 | java.nio.file | package | file://Files:1:1:1:1 | Files | type | file://false:1:1:1:1 | false | subtypes | file://walk:1:1:1:1 | walk | name | file://(Path,FileVisitOption[]):1:1:1:1 | (Path,FileVisitOption[]) | signature | file://Argument[1]:1:1:1:1 | Argument[1] | input | file://true:1:1:1:1 | true | isVarargsArray | file://:1:1:1:1 |  | alreadyAiModeled |