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AI Citations

Attaching verifiable source references to generated claims so a reader can check them.

What AI Citations is

Citations shift the burden from trusting the model to checking the source. They only help if the link genuinely supports the sentence it is attached to.

How it works

Retrieval systems track which chunk contributed to which sentence, and the interface links back to the original passage. Post-hoc citation, where a model is asked to find sources afterwards, is far less reliable.

Why it matters

Citation quality is now a differentiator between research assistants, and a requirement in academic, medical and legal use.

Common uses

→Research assistants
→Compliance answers
→Support responses with documentation links

Strengths

✓Verifiability
✓Builds user trust

Watch for

✓Fabricated or mismatched references are common
✓Users rarely check

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