Linking to ChatGPT as a “source” is unhelpful, since it could well have made that up too. However, with a bit of digging, I have confirmed that the information it copied from Wikipedia here is correct, though the AP and Spokane Times citations are both derivative sources; Mr. Thomas’s comments were first published in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, on July 11, 1988: https://democratandchronicle.newspapers.com/search/results/?...

Linking to ChatGPT as a “source” is unhelpful, since it could well have made that up too

No, it absolutely is helpful, because it links to its source. It takes a grand total of one additional click to check its answer.

Anyone who still complains about that is impossible to satisfy, and should thus be ignored.