Synthetic Sources?: Auditing Generative Search Engine Citations for Evidence of AI-Generated Sources

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Main Authors:	Allaham, Mowafak, Diakopoulos, Nicholas
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Information Retrieval Computers and Society
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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