Issue No. 004Nov 2, 20265 min read

How to check that AI gave you the right answer

How to make AI show where an answer comes from, plus three prompts that make it show its sources and its doubts.

A person holding a magnifying glass over a document with checkmarks, examining text carefully before deciding whether to accept it.

AI sounds just as sure when it is wrong as when it is right. This week: how to make AI show its sources, an agent that sorts your inbox, and three prompts to copy.

01 This week in AI

Gemini can now create, preview and edit documents, PDFs and spreadsheets inside your chatFor you: open Gemini on the web and ask it to draft a document or PDF you have been putting off this week.ChatGPT Pro usage limits doubled after subscribers pushed back on planned cutsFor you: check Settings > Usage in ChatGPT to see your current allowance and when it resets.ChatGPT can now read your iCloud Mail and CalendarFor you: connect your iCloud Mail and Calendar in ChatGPT this week if you use Apple's email and calendar apps.Apple adds an AI writing assistant to Pages, Keynote and NumbersFor you: check whether you have an Apple Creator Studio subscription before the November rollout.Copilot Notebooks can turn your project files into ready-to-edit draftsFor you: check your Microsoft Copilot licence and SharePoint plan before building a weekly-report workflow in Notebooks.

02 Agent of the week

Inbox sorterWorks with GmailNo code

An inbox sorter. It reads each new email, sorts it into groups such as reply, read later or ignore, and lists what needs an answer. Ask it to say why it put each email where it did, so you can check its work.

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03 MCP of the week

Google Drive connectorFor ClaudeSees what your Google account can open

The Google Drive connector. It lets Claude search and read your Drive files when you ask, so you stop downloading and uploading documents. Claude can only open what your Google account can open, and its answers show which files it used.

In plain English: an MCP is a connector that lets AI use your apps, such as Drive, Slack or Notion.

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04 Prompts of the week

3 prompts to copy as they are, then change the brackets.

Prompt 1 / Show your sourcesFree

Answer the question below. After each claim, add where it comes from in brackets. If you are not sure a claim is true, write [UNSURE] after it and say what would confirm it. Question: [YOUR QUESTION]

Prompt 2 / Find the weak point in this answerFree Prompt 3 / A second opinion, in three stepsMembers

05 Tool pick

Gemini NotebookBy GoogleFree plan

Gemini Notebook. Called NotebookLM until July 2026. Upload your own documents and ask questions that are answered only from them, with the source passage shown. Good for reports, contracts and study notes. It has a free plan.

06 One term, explained

Hallucination is when AI states something false as if it were a fact. It is not lying. It predicts likely words and does not check them.