The verification mindset — trust calibrated to consequence

The problem

In week one you check every sentence, and the AI workflow takes longer than doing it manually. In week six you have stopped checking almost entirely, because six weeks of correct output taught you to trust it. In week nine a fabricated figure reaches a client.

What you need

Destination: customer. Text: As discussed, our platform reduces order processing time by up to 40% based on industry benchmarks.

The tool

Perplexity, or an assistant with browsing enabled

The prompt

What comes back

1. 'up to 40% based on industry benchmarks' — citation — High — Which benchmark?

Verify before you use it

• The verification pass identifies what to check — it does not check anything. Opening the GST portal is still your job.
• Confirm the 'copied from you' classification. If a number was in fact calculated, it moves up the risk order.
• Add any category the pass missed that is specific to your industry — for regulated sectors that is usually a licence or disclosure requirement.
• For Tier 3, a second human reads after the checks are done. The pass does not replace that.