AI Research Verification Checklist

Use this checklist to slow down and verify AI-assisted research before using it in a business decision, customer-facing message, educational content, or planning document.

This resource is for business owners who use AI to learn, research, compare options, draft explanations, or summarize information and want a simple way to check the result.

1. Use the checklist whenever AI gives you facts, sources, dates, laws, rules, product details, pricing, or recommendations.
2. Open the source instead of relying only on the AI summary.
3. Check whether the source actually supports the claim.
4. Look for dates, jurisdiction, and context.
5. Use professional verification when consequences are significant.

• Is the information current?
• Is a source provided?
• Did I open the source?
• Am I looking at the original source, or another website's description of the source?
• Is it a primary source?
• Does the source actually support the claim?
• Is the publication or update date relevant?
• Does jurisdiction matter?
• Is this fact, opinion, estimate, or interpretation?
• Can I confirm it with another reliable source?
• Could the information have changed?
• Does this require professional verification?
• Am I relying on an AI-generated citation that may not exist?
• Have I verified before acting or publishing?

AI-generated citations, summaries, and confident answers can still be wrong. Verification is part of responsible business use.

After learning how to verify AI research, review the responsible AI checklist before using AI output in your business.