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Number your paragraphs and label the sources you actually read. In the guide, use the prompt with one assistant to flag unsupported claims and wording close to a supplied source. Open each original yourself before adding a citation; the assistant cannot confirm a reference you have not supplied.
View ChatGPT instructions →Compare each numbered claim with the labelled sources supplied. Quote the supporting passage and its supplied page or section; mark supported, overstated, unsupported or cannot verify. Flag copied wording that needs quotation marks and attribution. Give a supported correction and list unresolved references. Do not invent authors, dates, URLs or page numbers, or rewrite text to evade similarity checks.- A self-report becomes a measured benefit. In the guide’s fictional example, write “18 of 24 volunteers reported greater confidence after four weeks”, not “memory improved by 75%”. Restore what was actually reported, by whom and when; this source did not test memory or establish a cause.
- A link looks relevant, but its passage does not support the claim. Open the original and record the exact passage and supplied page or section. Narrow the claim to what it supports. If the text is missing or inaccessible, mark the claim unverified and request the original instead of adding a convincing-looking citation.
- Copied wording loses its quotation marks, or the assistant fills in a missing author, date or page. Put exact copied words in quotation marks with attribution, or write your own summary and still name the source. Remove guessed reference details and list them as missing until you check the original.
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A general-purpose AI assistant for chat, analysis, writing, images and files.
See full tool details →Good for- Broad personal and work tasks
- Multimodal questions with text, images and files
Watch out- Verify factual claims and citations
- Review current data controls before pasting work material
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A Chinese AI assistant known for reasoning and coding-oriented models.
See full tool details →Good for- Checking a maths solution one step at a time
- Grouping short feedback excerpts with quote labels
Watch out- Browser chat access and API billing are separate
- A long explanation can still contain a wrong step
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Google’s general AI assistant for everyday questions, files and connected Google workflows.
See full tool details →Good for- Summarising a small uploaded document
- Questioning a spreadsheet with source-cell checks
Watch out- Drive connections have different requirements from local file uploads
- A successful upload does not prove every page was read correctly
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Compare each numbered claim with the labelled sources supplied. Quote the supporting passage and its supplied page or section; mark supported, overstated, unsupported or cannot verify. Flag copied wording that needs quotation marks and attribution. Give a supported correction and list unresolved references. Do not invent authors, dates, URLs or page numbers, or rewrite text to evade similarity checks.Human check before use
- Each important claim has a matching source passage, or is explicitly marked unverified.
- Population, time period, units and certainty match the source; a percentage has not changed meaning.
- Copied wording is quoted and attributed; paraphrasing is not used to disguise copied work.
- Authors, dates, page numbers and references come from the supplied source, not an assistant’s guess.
- The final citation format follows the school or publisher’s rules.
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