This is a good idea addressing a pressing problem though there is one important caveat. The LLM Citation Verifier will look at the citations included in a piece of writing created by a large language model (LLM) and determine whether they are real. "The tool integrates directly into the LLM generation process, checking citations as they're created rather than after the fact." However, "The plugin taps into the Crossref API to verify Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) in real-time." That would be great, but we have to ask, does Crossref include every possible reference? Not even close! Crossref's average citation coverage has been measured at 36.5% relative to Google Scholar (see also). It's important not to allow reference services (especially those favouring commercial media) determine the limits of what counts as 'existing'. Via Alan Levine, who credits the Distant Librarian.
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