Learning path · For journalists, researchers, students, and policy readers
Checking claims about AI
Read benchmark results, safety documents, content labels, data disclosures, infrastructure announcements, and policy texts with care.
8 steps · about 48 min of reading
- Step 1 · Explainer · Beginner · 8 minHow to check an AI claimStart here: name the claim, find its primary document, and date what you read.
- Step 2 · Explainer · Intermediate · 5 minHow to read an AI evaluationWhat a benchmark result can and cannot show.
- Step 3 · Explainer · Intermediate · 6 minHow AI developers test models for safetySystem cards, red teaming, and published safety frameworks.
- Step 4 · Explainer · Beginner · 6 minLabels, watermarks, and content credentialsLabels, watermarks, and content credentials.
- Step 5 · Explainer · Intermediate · 5 minUnderstanding training data disclosuresWhat a provider reveals about training data.
- Step 6 · Explainer · Intermediate · 5 minReading AI infrastructure and energy claimsPlans, power, and operating capacity.
- Step 7 · Explainer · Beginner · 8 minWhat "Super Intelligence" means in U.S. government documentsThe federal term and the older research meaning, with a dated timeline.
- Step 8 · Explainer · Intermediate · 5 minFinding AI policy and standards sourcesFinding and dating the original policy text.
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