AI-generated citations pointing to nonexistent publications

Dead Internet Theory: A citation can look perfectly scholarly while pointing to a paper, chapter, or journal article that was never published, which makes source verification more important than formatting.

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By Switchboard Tech Services · Originally published 2026-08-15

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