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Seemingly Nonexistent Citation in Anthropic Expert's Declaration
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68% Informative
The Declaration filed by a " Data Scientist at Anthropic " in Concord Music Group , Inc. v. Anthropic PBC includes this citation: But the cited article doesn't seem to exist at that citation or at that URL.
Google found no other references to any article by that title.
Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen ordered the parties to explain matters.
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https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/05/13/anthropics-own-data-scientist-submits-declaration-apparently-with-hallucinated-citation-oh-my/https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.431519/gov.uscourts.cand.431519.341.2_2.pdfhttps://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68889092/concord-music-group-inc-v-anthropic-pbc/?page=3#entry-365https://www.bloomberglaw.com/bloombergterminalnews/bloomberg-terminal-news/SW840SDWX2PShttps://www.tandfonline.com/toc/utas20/78/4?nav=tocList
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