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Fact-check a viral research-paper claim with Claude in Chrome

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Outcome

Asked to fact-check a post claiming Bitcoin would 'surge 500%' based on a study, Claude for Chrome reported in about 2 minutes that the paper wasn't in any academic database, the 500% maths was wrong, a commenter said it was AI-generated, and the paper itself said it wasn't a prediction.

Poster says:About 2 minutes

This is the source's own number. We haven't measured it.

Agent

Claude in Chrome

Prompt Recreated prompt

The source didn't share its exact prompt, so we wrote this from what it describes.

Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish.

Goal: Check whether a viral claim that cites a study is true.

Quick-check questions: Which post, and what exactly is being claimed?

What I need from you:
- Link to the post ([URL])

Rules:
- Look for the cited paper in academic databases (e.g. Google Scholar) and on the publisher's site.
- Recheck any numbers in the claim yourself.
- Quote what the source actually says, with links.
- Check the date of the original post and the study.
- Find the original paper and quote the exact sentence or figure the claim relies on.
- Say whether the claim is supported, overstated or wrong, and explain in two sentences.

Output: A verdict (true / misleading / false), each finding with a link, and what the original source really says.

If my answers leave a gap, make a sensible choice, say what you assumed, and keep going.

You'll know it worked when: you can open every link and see the evidence for the verdict.

Source

https://x.com/seriesfusion/status/2005052460457754963

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