Card Catalog – Hana Lee Goldin: “The verification tricks that would make fact-checkers weep with joy. Last Tuesday, a client sent me their “thoroughly researched” white paper on workplace automation. It had 47 citations. Looked bulletproof. Every claim backed by a study, every statistic sourced to a journal. I was impressed for exactly three minutes. Then I tried to find “Peterson et al. (2024): Longitudinal Analysis of Remote Work Productivity in Tech Sectors” in the Journal of Organizational Psychology. The journal exists. The year 2024 existed. Dr. Peterson probably exists somewhere. But this study? Complete fabrication. ChatGPT had invented a plausible-sounding citation out of thin air. And it wasn’t alone. Of those 47 citations, 31 were what we call “hallucinations.” The client was mortified. I wasn’t surprised. Because here’s what nobody tells you about AI-generated citations: they’re often more believable than real ones…”