Selected citations are the specific source URLs that an AI model actively incorporates as inline evidence in its final generated response, distinguishing them from unselected sources that were only browsed during search.
flowchart TD
UserQuery[User Query] --> WebSearch[Live Web Search]
WebSearch --> RetrievedURLs[Retrieved URLs]
RetrievedURLs --> ContextFilter{LLM Relevance & Verification}
ContextFilter -->|High Confidence & Authority| Selected[Selected Citations]
ContextFilter -->|Low Relevance or Redundant| Unselected[Unselected Sources]
Selected --> FinalAnswer[Final AI Response with Linked Citations]
Unselected --> Ignored[Browsed in Background Only]Referenced by