Sources that sound real
AI can give a quote that sounds very real, with an article title and a link, but the article doesn't exist.
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Open every link
Step one: open every link. A dead link, or one that leads to a different article, means the source may be made up.
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Search the title and author
Copy the exact title and author into a search box. If nothing matches, don't use that quote.
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Find the quoted passage
A real article isn't enough. Find the exact quoted passage in the original, because AI often gets the meaning wrong.
This article is based on the video Made-up sources from the Mark học AI channel. Watch the video (in Vietnamese) to see the animations.