Check what the citation actually supports
Why it matters
Before using an AI-written report in a team decision, check its evidence and the limits of its claims.
Reading note
AstaBrief generates cited reports from retrieved excerpts. Ai2 separates citation support from preserving a study’s scope. Most reported comparisons come from 2025 work, not a rerun against today’s frontier models.
Before this step: Retrieval · Retrieval-augmented generation
“whether each citation supports the claim it's attached to.”One English pattern
The evidence supports … in this setting; it does not establish …Name the tested setting before explaining what cannot be generalized. This is our practice sentence, not an original quotation.
Pick one claim in an AI-written research summary and open its cited passage. In two English sentences, say what the passage supports and rewrite any overbroad claim with its original conditions.
Check your draft
Did you explain the mechanism, name a condition, and make a concrete work decision? Saving records your draft, not a mastery score.