About whether LLMs can be trusted to give sources that support their claims.
Has this happened?
Yes 64 (52%)Not sure 17 (14%)No 42 (34%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether LLMs can be trusted to give sources that support their claims.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
I like using LLMs and I have found they are incredibly useful writing and reviewing code at work.
However, when I want sources for things, I often find they link to pages that don't fully (or at all) back up the claims made. Sometimes other websites do, but the sources given to me by the LLM often don't. They might be about the same topic that I'm discussing, but they don't seem to always validate the claims.
If they could crack that problem it would be a major major win for me.