AI Citation Fabrications
Independent investigations find roughly half of AI system citations are unsupported. Trust-eroded environments require verification, not volume.
Key signals
- Hallucination rate in independent investigations: ~51%.
- Growth trend: increase in affected papers and citations over time.
- Real-world consequence: court sanctions and professional harm.
What Prompt Goblin does differently
Our verification layer cross-checks each cited URL with HTTP status, canonical resolution, and content match. Fabricated or unverifiable citations lower confidence in the report and appear explicitly in the dashboard.