
AI models often give the right answers but point to the wrong sources
Quick Take
AI models frequently provide correct answers but misattribute their sources, termed 'attribution hallucination'.
Key Points
- GPT and Gemini often cite incorrect evidence.
- Attribution hallucination poses risks in law and medicine.
- CiteVQA benchmark tests for attribution accuracy.
Article Excerpt
From source RSS / original summaryLeading AI models like GPT and Gemini routinely cite text passages in document analyses that don't actually support their answers. Even when the answer is right, the cited evidence is often wrong. Researchers at Peking University call this "attribution hallucination," a risk for regulated fields like law and medicine. Their new CiteVQA benchmark is the first to test for it systematically. The article AI models often give the right answers but point to the wrong sources appeared first on The Decoder.
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