In general, a citation is something that needs to be precise, while LLMs are very good at generating some generic high probability text not grounded in reality. Sure, you could implement a custom fix for the very specific problem of citations, but you cannot solve all kinds of hallucinations. After all, if you could develop a manual solution you wouldn't use an LLM.

There are some mitigations that are used such as RAG or tool usage (e.g. a browser), but they don't completely fix the underlying issue.

My point is that citations are constantly making headlines, yet at least at first glance, seems like an eminently solvable problem.