Audit: a third of Perplexity's citations don't contain the numbers they cite
jakobgreenfeld · hn · 2026-09-02
A citation audit by Haus Research found that roughly a third of Perplexity's citations don't actually contain the number they're cited to support — a systematic mismatch between sources and claims. The finding raises fresh concerns about citation reliability in AI search products that users rely on for fact-checking.
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