Evidence
Does the text point toward sources, studies, data, documents or named organizations that a reader could investigate?
Guide
How to Use the Supience Information Check
This guide explains how to use the tool, how to read its result, and how to move from the indicator to the underlying evidence. It is written for readers who want a practical starting point — not a technical description of the scoring model, which is covered in the Methodology.
What the tool is for
The Supience Information Check is designed for one situation: you have a paragraph of information — an AI answer, an article, a recommendation, a business claim — and you want to know what to look at more carefully before relying on it.
The tool does not tell you whether the information is true. It looks at observable characteristics of the text that can make a claim easier or harder to investigate.
The four dimensions
The indicator is built from four dimensions. Each one asks a different question about the text.
Specificity
Does the text contain concrete details — names, dates, quantities and conditions — or does it rely on vague statements?
Uncertainty
Does the wording acknowledge relevant limits and conditions, or does it present complicated claims with excessive certainty?
Verifiability
Does the text give a reader something specific to check independently?
How to use the tool
- Copy the text you want to examine — a paragraph is usually enough.
- Paste it into the box on the home page.
- Press Check intelligence.
- Read the four component scores together with the overall indicator.
- Use the recommended next checks as a starting point for verification.
The tool is designed to perform its core analysis in your browser. Its purpose is to provide an immediate assessment of observable characteristics in the text you submit.
How to read the result
The result shows four component scores and an overall indicator. The overall indicator is a summary, but the four components usually tell you more than the total.
For example, a paragraph might score relatively well on evidence because it mentions a study, but poorly on specificity because it does not say what the study measured, when it was done or what the result actually was. In that case, the evidence signal is present, but the claim may still be difficult to check.
Tip: Look for the weakest component. That is usually where the most useful verification work lies.
What a high score does not mean
A high indicator does not mean the information is true. Text can contain citations, dates and specific numbers and still be wrong — for example, if the citation is inaccurate, the date is misleading or the numbers are presented without important context.
The indicator measures signals that make a claim easier to investigate. It does not measure whether the claim survives that investigation.
What a low score does not mean
A low indicator does not mean the information is false. Short, informal or conversational text may simply not contain the observable signals the model is designed to recognize.
For example, a short factual statement such as "The library closes at 6 PM" may not contain enough text for meaningful signal detection. That does not make it wrong.
When to use the tool
The tool is most useful when:
- you are reading an AI-generated answer on a topic you do not know well;
- you are evaluating a claim that is about to influence a decision;
- you are comparing multiple sources and want a consistent way to examine each one;
- you want a short prompt to help you decide what to verify next.
Using Supience with AI answers
AI-generated answers can be fluent and specific without necessarily providing enough information for a reader to independently verify every important claim.
When checking an AI answer, pay particular attention to important factual claims, dates, numbers, citations, named studies, recommendations and statements that could affect a decision.
For a more detailed AI-specific process, see How to Verify an AI Answer.
When not to rely on the tool
Do not use the indicator as the basis for a high-stakes decision. Medical, legal, financial, safety and security questions require authoritative sources and, where appropriate, qualified professional advice.
The tool should also not be used to make claims about the honesty of a person, the reliability of a company or the accuracy of a specific website based solely on a score.
A practical routine
You can use the tool as part of a short verification routine:
- Run the check on the text.
- Read the four component scores and note the weakest one.
- Identify the most important claim in the text.
- Try to locate the original source or evidence behind that claim.
- Check the date, context and scope of the source.
- Adjust how much you rely on the information accordingly.
For a longer version of this process, see the Information Verification Checklist.
Where to go next
- Methodology — how the indicator is constructed and what it can and cannot measure.
- Information Quality: What Can Go Wrong? — common ways information can become unreliable.
- Information Verification Checklist — a reusable process for checking a claim.
- How to Verify an AI Answer — a practical AI-specific verification process.
- About Supience — why the site exists and who runs it.