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How do you demonstrate that AI extracted a value from the source document rather than invented it?

The simplest way is for the AI to show where it found every value, ideally by linking to or highlighting the exact location in the source document. A…

The simplest way is for the AI to show where it found every value, ideally by linking to or highlighting the exact location in the source document. A reviewer can then check any value in seconds rather than having to trust the output or search the document themselves.

If a value cannot be traced to a source, it should be marked clearly as uncertain or missing rather than filled in. That one rule, no value without a source, is the most useful protection against AI inventing information in industrial documents where accuracy matters.