A third of Perplexity's citations don't contain the number they're cited for
Of 1,826 citations Perplexity's search models attached to a sentence stating a figure, 34.7% pointed at a page that either would not open or did not contain a single figure from that sentence; scored per claim rather than per citation, 14.4% of 872 claims fail.
Summary
Perplexity’s search models have a significant accuracy issue, with nearly one-third of citations leading to pages that either don’t open or lack the relevant figures. This raises concerns about the reliability of the information provided by these models.
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