Generative AI at Work / Unit 5 GAI 103 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Invented Citations
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The idea
NIST notes that generated answers can include confabulated citations: references that look real, with plausible authors, titles and section numbers, but do not exist or do not say what is claimed.
In practice
A memo citing a regulation section that turns out to cover a different topic entirely.
Where people slip
A citation is a claim like any other; open it before relying on it.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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