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AI in Research: Guarding Against AI Hallucinated Citations
- When:
- September 8, 2026 · 2:00 PM
- Where:
- UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
- Source:
- 6AM City Charlotte – Events
As students and faculty increasingly rely on LLM AI tools to support their research, they risk being fed hallucinated citations masking as scholarly sources. If not caught, these can propagate and amplify misinformation, poison scholarly databases, and lead to reputational consequences for scholars. This presentation will help attendees understand what AI hallucinated citations are and how they can go about verifying sources provided to them by AI tools. This talk will also encourage attendees t