Franksterino has developed an AI agent named CiteGuard, capable of identifying fake citations made by other AI systems within a span of four days using Qwen Cloud. This innovation comes in response to a troubling trend in AI-generated reports, highlighted by KPMG's recent withdrawal of a report where only 5 out of 45 citations were accurate. CiteGuard functions by extracting claim and source pairs, fetching the source to verify its accuracy, and judging whether the source supports the claim. The system emphasizes a strict rule: the AI judge must rely solely on the provided source text for verification, avoiding reliance on its own knowledge. This method shifts the AI's role from an oracle to a reading comprehension engine, significantly enhancing citation accuracy.
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AI Agent Developed to Detect Fake Citations in Just Four Days
Dev.to AI· Franksterino· Monday, July 6, 2026
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