AI assistants cite fake stats with total confidence. I built a 10-second checker.
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Last week I read a Hacker News thread about someone publishing fake statistics on a throwaway site just to watch LLMs cite them as fact. 295 points, 168 comments — and it hit a nerve because I've lived the milder version of this: an AI assistant hands me a draft with a confident "73% of developers……
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- 2026-10-21 07:09 · DEV Community — AI
AI assistants cite fake stats with total confidence. I built a 10-second checker.