Generative AI produces plausible references that don't exist. Provenote checks whether every citation in your papers, patents, and legal filings is real — before you send it out.
AI writing tools quietly insert sources that were never written — a real-looking title with the wrong author, or a paper that simply doesn't exist. There are too many to check by hand, and missing even one can sink a submission.
No setup, no account. Drop in your text and Provenote checks every citation for you.
Drop in one citation, a full reference list, or an entire manuscript — as text, PDF, or DOI.
Every citation is checked against trusted records — does the source really exist, and does it match the claim?
Each citation gets a clear verdict — confirmed, unknown, or absent — with the evidence behind every flag.
Anywhere a fabricated source carries real consequences, Provenote checks the references for you.
Check every reference before you submit. Catch fabricated sources and author mismatches a reviewer would.Validation is currently centered on ML/CS papers, and is expanding to other fields.
Verify prior-art citations. A single bad reference can put a filing at risk — confirm each one is real.
Validate cited cases and authorities — and avoid the fabricated-citation failures that make headlines.
Verification is only useful if you can trust the verifier. Here's how we earn it.
We never use your manuscripts or filings to train anything. Checks run against trusted public records only.
Automated verdicts speed up your review. We always recommend a final human check before you submit.
If a source can't be confirmed, we say "unknown" instead of guessing — so you know exactly what to recheck.
Tell us what you need verified and at what scale. We're onboarding early users now.
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