AI Fact Checker

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Verify any claim with source citations, confidence scores, and balanced analysis.

Verify any claim. With cited sources. Instantly.

AI fact-checking for journalists, editors, content teams, and anyone who shares facts online.

Before you reshare that statistic. Before you publish that quote. Before you cite that study in a memo, deck, or article — fact-check it. The AI Fact Checker examines a specific claim, surfaces supporting and contradicting evidence from credible sources, and returns a transparent verdict with confidence scores and caveats. It's the fastest way to avoid embarrassing mistakes, viral misinformation, and corrections that haunt your byline forever.

How to fact-check a claim with AI

Five steps from suspicious statement to defensible verdict.

  1. Paste the exact claim you want verified — be specific ("the Amazon emits 20% more CO₂ than it absorbs" beats "the Amazon is dying").
  2. Add context — where you saw the claim, who said it, and when.
  3. Pick source types appropriate for the topic — academic for science, official for policy, news for current events.
  4. Choose your rigor level — Quick for fast triage, Strict for multi-source corroboration.
  5. Generate the verdict, click through every cited source, and verify before publishing or sharing.

What you get in every fact-check

Six structured outputs that give you the full picture.

Verdict

True / False / Mixed / Unverifiable

A clear top-line judgment so you know immediately whether the claim holds up under scrutiny.

Confidence score

How sure the AI is

An explicit confidence rating so you know when to trust the verdict and when to dig deeper yourself.

Supporting evidence

Sources that back the claim

Specific citations, quotes, and source links that support the claim being fact-checked.

Contradicting evidence

Sources that refute it

Counterpoints, opposing data, and sources that challenge or contradict the claim.

Context & caveats

What's missing or nuanced

Important context — partial truths, missing nuance, or qualifications that change how the claim should be interpreted.

Source quality notes

Credibility signals

Brief assessment of the cited sources' credibility, recency, and methodological strength.

Real-world use cases

Pick the right rigor for the stakes

Quick triage when you need a sanity check. Strict when you're going to print.

Quick rigor returns a fast, single-source verdict — perfect for triaging dozens of claims or sanity-checking a stat before tweeting it. Strict rigor demands multi-source corroboration, weighs source credibility, and surfaces contradicting evidence even when the verdict trends one way. Use Strict whenever the cost of being wrong is high — investigative reporting, legal filings, medical claims, financial reporting.

Built for everyone who handles facts

Journalists & editors

Newsroom workflow

Pre-publication fact-checking that catches errors before corrections become bylines you have to live with.

Content marketers

Brand-safe content

Verify stats, quotes, and claims in blog posts, ebooks, and ad copy before they ship to thousands of readers.

Researchers & analysts

Citation hygiene

Cross-check claims and citations in literature reviews, market research, and competitive analysis.

Educators

Media literacy

Teach students how to evaluate sources by reviewing fact-check verdicts alongside the supporting evidence.

Best practices for AI-assisted fact-checking

  1. Always click through every cited source — don't trust the AI's summary at face value.
  2. Be skeptical of single-source verdicts — use Strict rigor when accuracy really matters.
  3. If the verdict is Unverifiable, treat the claim as unconfirmed and don't publish it.
  4. Watch for hallucinated citations — verify the URL exists and the quoted passage is real.
  5. Combine fact-checking with the Research Assistant for fuller background on complex claims.
  6. Disclose AI-assisted fact-checking in your editorial process where transparency matters.

AI fact-checking is a starting point — not a replacement for editorial judgment

Trust, but verify the verifier.

AI fact-checking dramatically accelerates the work, but no AI is infallible. Models can misread sources, miss recent developments, or even hallucinate citations that don't exist. Always click through to the cited source, confirm the URL is real, and confirm the quoted passage actually supports the verdict. Use AI to handle the volume; use your judgment to handle the truth.

AI Fact Checker FAQ

Is the AI fact checker free?

Yes. Verify claims at no cost on the free plan. Upgrade for higher rigor levels, faster processing, and more daily fact-checks.

Does it browse the web for live sources?

When the selected model supports web tooling, it fetches live sources directly. When it doesn't, the verdict is grounded in the model's training data — always click through to verify recency.

Can the AI itself get fact-checking wrong?

Yes. AI can misread sources, miss nuance, or hallucinate citations. Always verify the cited URL exists, the quoted passage is real, and the source is credible before publishing or sharing.

Why does it sometimes return "Unverifiable"?

When the model can't find credible corroborating sources, it returns Unverifiable rather than guessing — which is the safer default. Treat unverifiable claims as unconfirmed.

How is this different from Snopes or PolitiFact?

Snopes and PolitiFact are great for already-debunked viral claims. The AI Fact Checker handles original or obscure claims that human fact-checkers haven't covered yet — and runs in seconds instead of days.

Can I use this for political or controversial claims?

Yes. The AI returns supporting and contradicting evidence rather than picking a side, with explicit confidence scores so you can judge the verdict. Always cross-check politically charged claims against multiple independent sources.

What kinds of claims work best?

Specific, verifiable factual claims ("X happened on Y date," "the study found Z") work best. Vague opinions and predictions are harder to fact-check and may return Unverifiable.

Verify before you amplify

The fastest way to avoid being the next viral misinformation case study.

In a media environment where one wrong stat can travel to millions before lunch, fact-checking isn't optional — it's table stakes. AI fact-checking turns the slowest part of editorial work into one of the fastest. Verify the claim. Click through the source. Publish with confidence. Sleep at night.