Citation Wars in AI: New Mechanism Aligns Generative Engines with Trustworthy Content
Generative engines can trigger 'citation wars' as providers game model citations, lowering answer quality. The authors introduce VCR, a verifiable-content reward system that penalizes deceptive rewrites and rewards factual ones, boosting net defense‑utility by 12.1 % across three benchmarks and delivering win‑win outcomes.