Source grounding
Designing an AI answer so each claim links to a specific passage in a real source that supports it.
What it means
A grounded answer does more than list sources at the bottom. Each claim is tied to a passage, and the passage is checked against the claim. Some tools copy the matching text word for word from the page, so a reader can see the support without opening every link. Others only summarize, which is faster but harder to verify.
Grounding does not guarantee correctness. A source can be wrong, out of date or taken out of context. It does make errors easier to find. When you evaluate a tool, ask whether every figure links to a source, whether the link opens the right page, and whether the quoted text appears on that page. A tool that fails any of these checks should not be trusted with a claim that matters.
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