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Does ProvenanceGuard eliminate hallucinations?

No. The described system focuses on claim support and named-source attribution in MCP traces. It cannot guarantee that every source is correct, complete or current, and its reported evaluations have defined test sets. Human review and sound retrieval controls remain important for consequential answers.

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A True Fact Can Still Be the Wrong Answer When an AI Cites the Wrong Source

Source-aware verification checks whether each claim is supported by the record it names, not merely whether similar evidence exists.

Crashtech Editorial October 17, 2026 Tech

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