A good beginner stack for this session
- One main LLM for early thinking support
- NotebookLM for source packs
- InVID for visual checks
- Wayback Machine for changed pages
- Fact Check Explorer for recurring claims
Tool selection
Start with the task, then choose the tool that helps you verify safely.
The tools here are organized around newsroom use, not novelty. Use the filters to see which tool helps with claim breakdown, visual checks, source packs, or archive tracing.
The practical selection rule
Use LLMs to think and organize, use verification tools to inspect, then return the decision to human judgment.
Filter by task
Pick a task type to reduce noise and surface the most relevant tools.
ChatGPT
A flexible general-purpose assistant for reasoning, drafting, and turning messy inputs into structured questions.
- Breaking down claims
- Suggesting what should be checked
- Structuring first-pass notes
Gemini
A useful tool for quick comparisons and first-pass topic exploration across multiple reports.
- Comparing several accounts
- Suggesting search phrasing
- Fast topic scanning
NotebookLM
A tool that works best when the uploaded material is curated and traceable.
- Summarizing a source pack
- Producing briefing notes
- Generating quick recap material
Claude
A helpful assistant for long documents and measured summaries when the source material is clear.
- Reading long files
- Drafting first-pass summaries
- Suggesting follow-up questions
Grok
A tool that can help scan fast-moving public chatter, but does not do the verification for you.
- Scanning fast discussion
- Generating early hypotheses
- Flagging what needs direct tracing
InVID
A specialist tool that supports image and video checks through frame-based inspection, but does not settle context on its own.
- Checking a suspicious image
- Extracting frames from a short video
- Building a visual clue list
Wayback Machine
A tool for reviewing archived versions of web pages or showing that a page changed over time.
- Checking whether an official page changed
- Comparing the live page to archived versions
- Filling timeline gaps
Google Fact Check Explorer
A fast way to see whether a circulating claim has already been checked, by whom, and when.
- Checking recurring claims
- Tracing a claim's history
- Finding prior fact-checks before starting from zero