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Stage-Audit: Auditable Source-Frontier Discovery for Cross-Wiki Tables

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Stage-Audit: Auditable Source-Frontier Discovery for Cross-Wiki Tables

arXiv:2605.20478v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: LLM-curated tables can appear source-grounded while containing unsupported rows: the curator may recall entries from parametric memory and retroactively attach page-level citations that are not the actual source. We study this hazard in Seed2Frontier discovery: the task of finding complement Wikipedia pages from a seed page to assemble a structured table. Stage-Audit addresses it with disjoint curator-auditor write rights, a row-level source-citation gate, and a 12-check audit taxonomy over keys, schema, source roles, cardinality, and scope. On a

Why this matters
Why now

The proliferation of LLMs creates a growing need for auditable data sourcing, especially in critical applications like structured data assembly and knowledge base construction.

Why it’s important

This research addresses a critical vulnerability in LLM-generated information, specifically the potential for 'hallucinated' or improperly sourced data in structured tables, which can undermine trust and utility.

What changes

The proposal of 'Stage-Audit' introduces a methodological framework to improve the reliability and audibility of LLM-curated data, moving towards more trustworthy autonomous information systems.

Winners
  • · AI developers focused on data integrity
  • · Enterprises reliant on structured data
  • · Knowledge base creators
  • · Auditing and compliance sectors
Losers
  • · LLM applications without robust sourcing mechanisms
  • · Users relying on unverified LLM output
  • · Creators of low-quality LLM-generated content
Second-order effects
Direct

Improved reliability of LLM-generated structured data for enterprise and research applications.

Second

Increased adoption of 'auditable AI' principles across various domains, fostering greater trust in AI systems.

Third

Potential for new regulatory standards around AI-generated data reliability and provenance, impacting AI development cycles.

Editorial confidence: 90 / 100 · Structural impact: 60 / 100
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