Verifiability and fact-checking

The bar for including a claim on AI Wiki is not whether we believe it; it is whether a reader can check it. If a claim cannot be traced to a source, it does not belong in an article.

The rule

• Every substantive claim (names, dates, figures, benchmark scores, funding amounts, technical specifications, quotations) must be supported by a numbered reference the reader can follow.
• Inline markers like [3] tie the specific sentence to the specific source. A reference list without inline markers is treated as incomplete, and the article is flagged.
• If sources disagree, the article says so and cites both sides. If a claim cannot be verified, it is omitted; we would rather be silent than wrong.

Independent fact-checks, stamped on the page

Editing and verification are separate processes here. Every article shows two dates in its header:

• Last edited: when the text last changed, for any reason.
• Fact-checked: when a reviewer last re-verified the article's claims against its cited sources, checking that the sources exist, say what the article says they say, and have not been superseded. This stamp is set only by a completed fact-check pass, never by an ordinary edit.

Articles rotate through re-verification continuously, prioritized by how heavily they are read and linked and how fast their subject moves. An article whose check finds problems is flagged on the page ("flagged for review" or "sources conflict") until the problems are fixed; we would rather show you the flag than pretend the problem is not there.

What happens when we are wrong

Errors get fixed, and substantive fixes are logged publicly on the corrections page. Any reader can report a problem with the "Report issue" button on every article (no account needed); we aim to review every report within 72 hours. Every article also keeps a complete public revision history, so nothing changes silently.

What this means for you

Citing AI Wiki? The sourcing standards describe what our references mean, and each article's Cite button produces a citation with its access date. For the strongest claim-level confidence, follow our inline references to the primary sources; that is what they are for.