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Do citations make AI answers trustworthy?
What the research says
An audit of generative search engines found that many statements weren't fully backed by citations, and some citations didn't support their sentence. Answers that looked fluent were often less well supported.
So design it like this: Link each claim to its source inline and make checking one click; don't treat a citation list as proof.
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