We used ChatGPT to generate citations: here are 3 things AI got wrong (and 2 things it got right)

ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. The platform became a to-go tool for drafting paper outlines, writing “concise” conclusions, or putting together reading lists for master’s theses. After spending years building Bibcitation – a citation generator for creating automatic citations and bibliographies – we started wondering: What if AI could create better citations, too?

Zach Beekman, an IU junior studying Entrepreneurship, has never used ChatGPT for citations, instead opting for reference managers. According to Zach,…