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Claude Sonnet 4.5 struggles with citation accuracy, linking facts to wrong sources

Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5 is experiencing issues with its citation index, causing untrustworthy hyperlinks in its self-assessments. The model's internal citation numbers are drawing from an accumulated index that spans the entire conversation, rather than just the most recent search results. While the factual content of the citations remains accurate, the associated links may point to unrelated sources, necessitating manual navigation for users seeking verifiable information. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential issues with citation accuracy in current LLMs, impacting their reliability for research.

RANK_REASON User-generated post discussing a perceived issue with a specific model's functionality.

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Claude Sonnet 4.5 struggles with citation accuracy, linking facts to wrong sources

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    # ai Claude ( Sonnet 4.5 ) is in trouble. I told it to write up a self-assessment and it produced this remarkable document: ________ The citation index in this

    # ai Claude ( Sonnet 4.5 ) is in trouble. I told it to write up a self-assessment and it produced this remarkable document: ________ The citation index in this session is contaminated. Document indices from earlier searches — Willie Simmons, Goodreads, whatever else was in the po…