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Publish an article built to be cited by AI search

Content marketing’s new game: writing pieces that AI search engines cite. Research what people actually ask about a topic you know, write the answer-first article, and publish it live on Medium, LinkedIn, or your own blog.

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Posted by The AI Internships

The work brief

  1. 01Pick a topic you genuinely know (your city’s college admissions, a hobby, an exam you cleared).
  2. 02Research real questions: Google’s "People also ask", AI chatbot answers, forums. List the top 5 questions.
  3. 03Write an 800+ word article that answers them directly: clear headings per question, an answer summary up top, specifics only you would know.
  4. 04Publish it publicly and submit the live link. Then ask an AI chatbot one of your 5 questions and note whether your article’s answer is better.

What you’ll produce

3 deliverables

Submission standard

Submit the question research, the live article URL, and your AI comparison. The article must be genuinely published and readable without login. Share the public AI-chat link for your comparison, and make sure your article is live, login-free, and full of specifics only you would know.

  • The 5 real questions you found, and where you found each

    Written responseRequired

  • Live URL of your published article

    Must be publicly readable without login and 800+ words, answering your 5 researched questions.

    Public linkRequired

  • Ask an AI one of your questions: paste its answer and compare with yours — who wins and why?

    Written responseRequired

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 AI chat where you asked one of your 5 questions

    Backs your comparison so the AI’s answer isn’t just typed up after the fact.

    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.

Published & substantial

29%

The live article exists, is 800+ words, and answers the researched questions.

Real expertise

29%

The article contains specifics generic AI output wouldn’t have.

Citability structure

14%

Question headings, direct answers, scannable format.

First-hand, verifiable

29%

The article is live and login-free with specifics only the author would know, and the AI comparison links a real shared chat. If the article isn’t live/genuinely first-hand, or the comparison has no real chat, this criterion is a fail regardless of prose.

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.