How can I fact-check the information AI tools like Copilot give me?
Answer
If you are using a model that links to its sources (like Copilot, Perplexity, or Gemini), follow the links and read the original pages. Make sure that the AI-generated summary aligns with the content of the page it came from and that he page content is relevant to the task you asked the model to do.
If you are using a model that does not have access to the web, you will want to do a quick search to find out if what it’s saying is true. Look for more than one source to verify the information. Wikipedia can be helpful, as can mainstream news sites that employ fact-checkers.
Since websites can also contain misinformation, try using the SIFT Method: Stop, Investigate the source, Find better coverage, and Trace claims to the original context.
Adapted from How can I fact-check the information that ChatGPT and other language models give me? by University of Arizona Libraries, © 2024 The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of The University of Arizona, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
