OpenAI’s Citation Problem

This is Atlantic Intelligence, a limited-run series in which our writers help you wrap your mind around artificial intelligence and a new machine age. Sign up here.

Technology companies have been eager to sell a vision of generative AI as the future of, well, everything. For instance: “We’re building these systems that are going to be everywhere—in your home, in your educational environment, in your work environment, and maybe, you know, when you’re having fun,” Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology officer...