𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗪𝗲 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀

An AI will tell you a tool has a free tier when it does not. It will give you an old price or a feature that does not exist. These are not typos. The model is just filling gaps with words that look right.

If you publish reviews, this mistake is dangerous. It makes your readers sign up for the wrong plans.

We use AI to write our articles. We tell you every time an AI touches a post. Our goal is to stop the AI from inventing facts. Here is our process.

We separate two jobs. We do not let the AI do both.

  • Job 1: Writing the text.
  • Job 2: Finding the facts.

The AI can do the first job. It is never allowed to do the second.

Every fact in our reviews comes from a source we check ourselves. We check pricing pages, changelogs, and documentation. We put these facts into a notes document with a URL and a date. Only then does the AI write the text around those facts.

Our prompts are different. Most people ask: "Tell me about this tool's pricing." We say: "Here are four pricing facts verified today. Use only these facts to write a paragraph. Tell me if you want to add anything else."

This turns the AI's urge to lie into a list for a human to check.

We follow these rules:

  • We do not trust unsourced numbers. Any price, limit, or date is guilty until we prove it with a primary source.
  • We do not let the AI cite sources. If the AI says "according to a study," we cut it unless we have the actual link.
  • We use AI for structure. It helps us organize notes, fix grammar, or build table skeletons. These tasks do not require the AI to know real-world facts.
  • We do two separate reads. The first read is for quality. The second read is only for claims. We ask: "Where did this specific sentence come from?" If it is not in our notes, we delete it.

A review can be right today and wrong in three months. Tools change their prices. We keep dated source links so we can recheck our facts on a schedule.

The system is simple:

  • The AI writes.
  • Humans own the facts.
  • Every claim has a dated source.
  • We check twice before we publish.

Do not ask the AI to be something it cannot be.

Source: https://dev.to/pickuma/how-we-use-ai-without-letting-it-hallucinate-into-reviews-1of5