A third of Perplexity's citations don't contain the number they're cited for

If you are building your own harness that does correct citations, is the correct thing to give AI access to some deterministic tool that allows is to actually deterministically copy paste parts of documents its reading (with links), rather than stochastic copy paste that they do by default?

100% my experience with this service. The intent is good, but it seems they're still in the "fake it until you make it" stage.

I noticed this personally. Saw a citation with a preview for source A, which I knew was reliable. Checked, and it referenced a Reddit article and various other less reliable sources. Was a direct citation too that actually wasn't.

This is why lawyers have been getting in trouble using AI to review case law or (worse) to generate documents.

It creates citations and references that look close enough to be plausible but are just made up of thin air. CA passed a law explicitly requiring lawyers to review AI-generated documents that is now before the governor for signing (previously, lawyers were ethically expected to review documents submitted to the court or provided to clients but that doesn't have the same level of force as an explicit requirement).

I felt that myself. And I have the same problem with gemini

BS machine produces BS; in other news water is wet and sky is blue.

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