How should I check and verify AI outputs before I use them?

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Match checking effort to risk: sense-check against your expertise, source-check citations, verify numbers, and get expert review for important or public-facing content. For official content you must review for correctness and quality — you remain responsible as if you wrote it.

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Primary (how) AI Knowledge Hub: Using AI at work

You might need to: sense check - does this align with your knowledge and experience? Does the logic make sense?; source check - verify (cross-reference) any cited sources, references, or legislation; check the numbers - verify statistics, dates, and figures against original sources or datasets; check with experts - ask colleagues or subject matter experts to review important or public-facing content.

Section: How to check outputs

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Secondary (normative) AI Knowledge Hub: Using AI at work

If you use AI to create or change official content, you must: review the content for correctness and quality; make sure it meets required standards before publishing or sharing. You're responsible for AI-generated content as if you created it yourself.

Section: Review and approve AI content

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Secondary (normative) AI Knowledge Hub: 10 principles for using AI

AI outputs are not always accurate, you must verify them and manage potential harm.

Section: Understand AI and its limits

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