Can I open the source?
If the answer names a study, law, article, product, price, person, or statistic, open the original source. A link is not proof until it leads to the thing it claims.
5 checks before you trust an AI answer.
AI can sound certain when it is guessing. Run these five checks before an answer matters.
Is it still current?
Prices, rules, schedules, software, medical guidance, and public roles change. Check the date. Ask for the newest source, then open it yourself.
Did it invent a missing detail?
Watch for confident names, dates, quotes, features, or numbers you never supplied. Ask: ‘Which parts of this answer are facts, and which parts are guesses?’
What private information did I give it?
Do not paste passwords, private health records, customer information, company secrets, or anything you would not want stored outside your control.
Who carries the consequence?
If getting it wrong could affect money, health, safety, legal rights, work, or another person, a qualified person—not the machine—gets the final say.