AI Citation Registry: Cross-Department Data Fragmentation in City Systems

When multiple departments describe the same event differently, AI merges them into a single - and often incorrect - narrative A resident asks an AI system: “Why did the city say the road closures start at 6 PM when the police update says 5 PM?” The response comes back with a confident explanation: Closures begin at PM, attributed broadly to “city officials.” The answer appears precise, but it is wrong. The public works department published a 6 PM schedule. The police department issued a 5 PM advisory for traffic control staging.