An AI described the image. Is the alt text useful?
Edit an image description around its purpose, distinguishing an illustration, a functional icon and a chart from decoration.
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Use an assistant without losing track of the facts. Check summaries, calculations and the assumptions behind an answer.
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Did the AI meeting recap get the agreement right?
Check speakers, numbers and commitments against an authorised recording or transcript before treating a recap as the final record.
Read the guideAn AI translation reads well. Does it still mean the same thing?
Check times, quantities, negation and ambiguous words against the source before polishing a translated message.
Read the guideThe AI formula looks right. Test it on five rows first
Build a tiny spreadsheet with known answers and test blanks, zeros, dates, units and range boundaries before trusting an AI-generated formula.
Read the guideAn AI can read your calendar. Can it change it too?
Separate information requests from actions in connected apps, check Gemini’s supported operations and verify the result in the calendar itself.
Read the guideA document gives instructions to the AI. Should the assistant follow them?
Recognise when source material tries to change the task, keep quoted instructions separate from your request and check unexpected actions.
Read the guideDeleting an AI chat: what happens to memory and connected data?
Use Gemini as a concrete example to separate chat deletion, memory settings, connected apps and public sharing links.
Read the guide“On-device AI” is a starting point for a privacy check
A feature can combine local processing and online services. Check the particular task, data sent and settings rather than relying on one label.
Read the guideBefore asking AI about a PDF, check what it can actually read
Scanned pages, tables and faint digits can change what reaches an AI tool. A few checks make document questions easier to verify.
Read the guideThe most useful part of a document may be what the AI summary leaves out
Short summaries can lose conditions, exceptions and uncertainty. Ask for those explicitly and compare them with the original.
Read the guideContent Credentials describe a file’s history, not the whole truth
What provenance information can tell you about an image, why missing credentials prove little and where ordinary verification still matters.
Read the guideAn AI answer has citations. Do they support what it says?
A short checking routine for confident explanations, impressive links and claims that may have changed.
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