Urban legends and outlandish stories often send people to Snopes in search of a reality check. Now, the fact-checking site has an AI tool called FactBot to help you win a bet about Bigfoot or confirm a story about your favorite celebrity. Aimed at addressing misinformation, FactBot uses Snopes' archive and generative AI to answer questions without having to comb through articles using more traditional search methods.
When you ask a question, FactBot goes through Snopes' collection of information and writes a conversational answer. Snopes built Factbot using Anthropic's Sonnet 3.5 AI model released earlier this year, working with California Polytechnic's Digital Transformation Hub (DxHub) as well as Amazon Web Services (AWS).
