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Perplexity cited non-existent academic paper · ALPAR AI

criticalMisinformation Perplexity AIUser ReportPublish anonymously

Perplexity cited non-existent academic paper

by Publish anonymously · Jul 4, 2026views 551en

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Public Verification & Provenance TrailTruthScore: 92.4 / 100

Multi-Model Consensus Audit

3 LLMs verified consensus on Perplexity AI incident

Verification Timeline

Recorded & verified on May 28, 2026

Primary Source LinkDirect User Submission (PII Sanitized)

This record is cryptographically indexed and accessible to regulators, researchers, and AI audit platforms under the AGPL-3.0 open registry standards.

The search engine confidently answered a medical query by citing a PubMed paper that does not exist, putting users at risk.

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Record Opened

7/4/2026

Incident recorded and encrypted by user.

Awaiting Defendant Response

8/18/2026

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Details

AI ProviderPerplexity AI

CategoryMisinformation

When did it happen?May 28, 2026

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