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Just so you know, an LLM isn't capable of actually citing its sources properly, that's not how vector engines work. When you ask it to do so, one (or more thread) spits out what ever the algebra says is the best answer, then another thread tries to best fit that output to some article in its database. If the first thread was fully committing plagiarism, then the link is accurate. If it "reasoned" anything then it may not be.
That’s not true. LLMs that can search the web can answer based on what it finds. The newest models are up to the moment on this. You were right years ago, but your information is very much outdated.
Sorry, i meant