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Verify before you trust
Works with ChatGPT · Claude · Copilot · Gemini
What you’ll be able to do
You know AI can be wrong and can check important answers.
The problem
AI sounds sure of itself, so beginners trust answers that may be wrong.
What you need to know
AI can sound confident and still be wrong; it sometimes makes things up. For anything that matters, check it: ask for sources you can look up, cross-check a key fact, or ask the AI what would make its answer wrong.
Good to know
- Use this before you act on any AI answer that matters.
Juni’s tip
Juni says: checking isn't about distrust — it's a quick habit that makes AI safer to rely on.
Why this matters
A quick check on the answers that matter turns a confident guess into something you can trust.
Try this first message
Answer this, then list any parts you're unsure about and one source I could check: [a simple factual question].
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Your action checklist
Do this
Ask a factual question, then verify one detail of the answer yourself.
Self-check
- I asked for a source or a confidence level
- I checked at least one fact myself
Watch out for
- Trusting a confident answer without checking
- Acting on an important answer you didn't verify
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