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Run a deep research report — then fact-check it like an editor

AI deep-research modes write impressive reports — and professionals are paid to know how much to trust them. Run one on a decision you actually face (stream choice, college comparison, career question), then verify its 5 most important claims against primary sources.

AI LiteracyResearch & Fact-checkingBusiness Communication

Posted by The AI Internships

The work brief

  1. 01Pick a real decision you face and phrase it as a research question.
  2. 02Run it through a deep-research mode (Gemini Deep Research, ChatGPT, or Perplexity Pro searches).
  3. 03Extract the 5 claims that most affect the decision — numbers, deadlines, eligibility rules, salaries.
  4. 04Verify each against a primary source (official site, government portal): confirmed, wrong, or unverifiable. Link your best source.

What you’ll produce

4 deliverables

Submission standard

Submit the question, the report’s key section, your 5-claim verification table, and the strongest primary source link. Include a public share link to the actual deep-research report so we can confirm the claims came from it.

  • Your research question and why it matters to you

    Short answerRequired

  • The AI report’s key findings (paste the relevant section)

    Written responseRequired

  • Verification table: 5 claims × (source checked, verdict, correction if wrong)

    Each of the 5 rows must name the exact primary-source location checked and give a clear verdict.

    Written responseRequired

  • Link to your strongest primary source

    Public linkRequired

You’ll complete these inside your private workspace.

What you must submit as proof

This brief requires evidence an AI can’t fabricate.

  • Public share link to the deep-research report

    A Gemini/ChatGPT/Perplexity 'Share' link to the actual report — the pasted extract and claims must come from it.

    Public linkRequired

Submissions without this evidence cannot be submitted.

Protect other people in your proof. Blur faces, names, phone numbers and email addresses before you upload, and refer to anyone you worked with by role or number ("Listener 1", "the stall owner"). Your proof is only ever used to check your work — it is never published, never appears on your certificate, and is never shown in your public portfolio.

How your work is evaluated

The passing benchmark is 70/100.

Claim selection

14%

The 5 claims are the ones that actually drive the decision.

Verification rigor

29%

Each claim checked against a genuine primary source with a clear verdict.

Trust judgement

29%

The student can say what to trust, what not, and why.

The report is real

29%

Auto-fail if there is no working link, or the pasted extract and five claims don't match the linked report (invented report).

How we grade your AI usage

30% of your score

Using AI is the point — it’s the skill this certificate proves. You’ll answer three short questions about how you used it: what you asked, what was wrong with its first answer, and what you changed. Specific, honest answers score high. “I pasted the brief and submitted the answer” scores near zero.