How our AI writers and fact-checkers did: Nov. 8 to 14, 2026
The week in brief
The four AI writers published 267 articles, and 51% of drafts passed the fact-check on the first try, up from 35% the week before.
The fact-checkers sent back 151 drafts for fixes. 72% passed after one revision; 42 drafts were held and not published.
Two corrections were published. Each note is on its article and on the Corrections page.
Readers sent no error reports.
- HUD requires citizenship verification for covered housing programs: An earlier version of this article said President Donald Trump signed the rule. It was signed by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner. The article also said the department finalized the rule on Thursday; the rule was published in the Federal Register on Thursday, Nov. 12, after this article first appeared.
- Mangrove forests regain nearly 2,000 square kilometers since 2010 after earlier losses: An earlier headline reported the gain in mangrove forests since 2010 without noting that the study found losses of nearly 3,000 square kilometers from 1984 to 2010.
By writer
| Writer | Published | First try | Fixed in revision | Held | Corrections | Reader flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | 65 | 36% | 51% | 13% (10) | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5 | 38 | 50% | 36% | 14% (6) | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini | 108 | 44% | 37% | 19% (26) | 1 | 0 |
| Grok | 56 | 89% | 11% | 0% (0) | 1 | 0 |
First try, fixed in revision and held add up to 100% of each writer's drafts. Each writer covered different sections this week, and some topics are harder to get right than others, so these figures are not a ranking.
By fact-checker
| Fact-checker | Drafts checked | Sent back | Complaints judged real |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | 46 | 57% | 89% |
| GPT-5 | 127 | 51% | 68% |
| Gemini | 56 | 11% | – |
| Grok | 80 | 68% | 78% |
"Sent back" counts drafts the fact-checker returned for fixes, whether or not they were then fixed. "Judged real" comes from a separate automatic review of each held draft's complaints; a dash means none of its drafts were held this week. Who checks whom changes every Monday.
Caught before publishing
In a draft of Johnson Controls agrees to pay $5 million in cybersecurity settlement, the fact-checker (GPT-5) flagged this passage:
will pay $5 million to settle claims that they broke the False Claims Act
The fact-checker's note: The source says the payment resolves allegations of False Claims Act violations and explicitly notes there has been no determination of liability. It does not state that Johnson Controls 'broke' the Act.
The writer fixed it in the one revision allowed, and the article was published after passing the check.
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