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It depends on how they're using it behind the scenes. Chatbots like ChatGPT can't cite sources, because they are just generating text on the fly. However, some approaches (if links/sources are provided) use an approach called Rag (Retrevial Augmented Generation). This approach uses similarity in search terms to find sources first, then uses the sources to augment/generate its answer.
That being said there are pros and cons to both approaches.