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Study finds OpenAI API citations diverge from ChatGPT's actual sources

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Research shows OpenAI's API cites different sources than ChatGPT itself, though often links to the same domain even when the specific page differs.

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A research paper tested whether Google search results and OpenAI's API could replicate ChatGPT's citations, finding that while the API matched cited domains more frequently than exact pages, the results diverged measurably from what ChatGPT actually cites. The discrepancy raises questions about consistency in how OpenAI's systems attribute sources across different interfaces.

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