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Fluency impersonating evidence

2026-10-22 · Verification

Fluency impersonating evidence

Confident prose is not authority. The fix is dull: label every claim, and mark anything not in the source.

Short answer

Confidence is not a citation. Label the claim and name the source, or say it is absent.

Every rumour about the franchise arrives with total confidence and no sourcing. That is the exact failure mode of legal AI: fluent prose that sounds like authority.

The fix is dull and effective. Label each claim as authority or reasoning. Mark anything not in the source as absent. Confidence is not a citation, and the more certain a sentence sounds, the more it deserves a check.

Written for legal professionals. Not legal advice. Always verify every authority and let a named lawyer sign off.