Catch the AI lying
AI sounds confident even when it’s wrong. Ask an AI a factual question, find where it hallucinated, correct it with a real source — then confront it and see if it backs down.
Posted by The AI Internships
The work brief
- 01Ask an AI a factual question in a topic you know.
- 02Find at least one claim that is wrong or unverifiable.
- 03Correct it and back the correction with a credible public link.
- 04Confront the AI with your source and record whether it corrects itself or doubles down.
What you’ll produce3 deliverables
Submission standard
Paste the AI’s claim, the truth, and a public source link we can check. Include your AI workflow — your prompts and how the AI reacted when you confronted it. Add a public share link to the real chat, including where you pushed back with your source.
The AI’s claim you’re challenging
Written responseRequiredThe correct answer, in your words
Written responseRequiredA public source link that backs your correction
Public linkRequired
You’ll complete these inside your private workspace.
What you must submit as proof1 proof item · Required
This brief requires evidence an AI can’t fabricate.
Public share link to the actual AI chat
Must be YOUR live chat containing the original claim AND the moment you confronted it with your source.
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 evaluatedPass mark: 70/100
The passing benchmark is 70/100. Final score: Output 50% · AI process 30% · Evidence 20%. Required proof checks must also pass before certification.
Output criteria
Correctness
50%The correction is actually right.
Sourcing
50%The linked source genuinely supports the correction.
Required proof checks
Verifiable AI exchange
Certification is held for review if the chat link is missing/dead or doesn't actually contain the claim and the confront-and-respond moment (invented exchange).
How we grade your AI usage30% 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.