You should cite your sources, and that might include an LLM. If you use AI chat as a search tool and then read whatever web pages it finds to check them for yo

You should cite your sources, and that might include an LLM. If you use AI chat as a search tool and then read whatever web pages it finds to check them for yourself (as you should), then you can cite that instead. Citing an LLM is a sign that you couldn't be bothered to do that, but at least it's honest.