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AI hallucination

Every CitationLab post tagged AI hallucination. A small collection for now; it grows as the topic recurs.

AI & Integrity

Can AI invent fake references? Ours can't — by construction

The operation that produces fabricated references — generate a plausible source — is not implemented. What the model is actually asked, where references come from instead, and the one guard we removed on purpose.

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AI & Integrity

ChatGPT gave you citations that don't exist. Now what?

AI-invented references look perfect and cite nothing. The five tells that expose a hallucinated citation, how to verify one in under two minutes, and what to do with the claim it was propping up.

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