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RAGEasy· Attribution· Authenticity· Trustworthiness

If a RAG system quotes a source verbatim and the quote...

A strong answer distinguishes between attribution and authenticity. Passing an attribution check merely confirms that the model correctly identified and extracted text from a document. It says nothing about whether that document is genuine, reliable, or fabricated. A weak answer conflates these two properties, incorrectly assuming that matching citations equate to a trustworthy answer.

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