https://schristoph.online/tags/enterpriseai/Personal homepage and blog of Stefan ChristophHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usStefan Christoph. All rights reserved.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://schristoph.online/blog/the-citation-crisis/?utm=rss-feedFri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://schristoph.online/blog/the-citation-crisis/<h2 id="the-reference-i-almost-didnt-check">The Reference I Almost Didn&rsquo;t Check</h2> <p>A few days ago, I was reviewing an article my AI agent had drafted. The sources section looked clean: numbered references, proper formatting, plausible titles. One citation pointed to an AWS blog post about a feature I&rsquo;d never heard of. The title sounded right. The URL structure looked legitimate.</p> <p>I clicked it. 404.</p> <p>The blog post didn&rsquo;t exist. The agent had fabricated a reference that looked exactly like a real AWS publication: correct URL pattern, plausible title, appropriate date. If I hadn&rsquo;t clicked, it would have gone into a published article with my name on it.</p>