Fabricated citation
A reference a model invents, with a plausible title or author, that doesn’t exist.
In one study, 18% of GPT-4’s references in short literature reviews were made up: fabricated citations to sources that don’t exist. - Test with a case you know, so you can see how it does. - Don’t trust confidence.
See it in action
Try fabricated citation hands-on in the lesson Prompting and checking answers, part of the How AI assistants work course.