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AI summary tracking

Monitoring the AI-generated answers that search engines show for a topic, including which sources they cite.

AI summary tracking means regularly recording the AI-generated answers that search engines display for the queries people use about a topic: the text of the answer, the date, and the sources it links.

AI answers often draw on pages that rank for related queries, so they can repeat a claim long after the original was disputed. Tracking them shows which pages the answer cites, which tells you where a correction will change the answer. See what to do when an AI summary repeats a false claim.

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First sourceThe earliest publication of a claim that can be found, the origin the copies trace back to.Claim attributionRecording who actually made a claim, separately from the outlet where it appeared.Republication vs. corroborationCopies of one statement are republication. Corroboration requires an independent source reaching the same fact from its own evidence.Unverified vs. falseUnverified means not yet checked or no evidence found. False (contradicted) requires linked evidence that shows the claim is wrong.

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