Simon Brooke<p>"Meanwhile, generative search tools’ tendency to fabricate URLs can also affect users’ ability to verify information sources. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Grok2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grok2</span></a>, for instance, was prone to linking to the homepage of the publishing outlet rather than specific articles.</p><p>More than half of responses from <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Grok3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grok3</span></a> cited fabricated or broken URLs that led to error pages. Out of the 200 prompts we tested for Grok 3, 154 citations led to error pages"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/we-compared-eight-ai-search-engines-theyre-all-bad-at-citing-news.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cjr.org/tow_center/we-compared</span><span class="invisible">-eight-ai-search-engines-theyre-all-bad-at-citing-news.php</span></a></p>