AI for Creators · Guide
Fact-Check AI-Assisted Slides Before You Present
Review claims, numbers, charts, speaker notes, and visual implications as one presentation rather than checking prose alone.
Check every material slide claim against a primary source or your own measurement, keep the relevant caveat on the slide or in speech, rebuild charts from verified data, and rehearse what the audience will actually hear. AI can help structure the deck; the presenter owns the evidence and final impression.
Audit the audience takeaway
A slide can mislead without a false sentence. A large arrow, an exaggerated chart axis, or a stock image of a satisfied customer can imply more than the caption says. Review each slide by asking what a viewer will remember after ten seconds and whether the evidence supports that impression. Separate a documented result, an estimate, and a proposal. Put important conditions where the audience can see or hear them, rather than burying them in tiny notes. For external marketing claims, the FTC's guidance explains that objective claims need a reasonable evidentiary basis; a polished AI draft does not create that basis. Apply the same discipline to internal decisions even when advertising law is not involved.
Trace numbers and quotations
For each figure, keep the source, population, time period, units, and calculation. Check whether the chart's denominator matches the spoken headline. A percentage improvement from a small pilot should not be presented as a guaranteed business result. Open the original source for quotations; a citation link that merely mentions the topic is insufficient. When the claim comes from the team's own data, ask the data owner to confirm the query and its exclusions. AI-generated charts should be rebuilt from verified values using a controlled chart tool. If a source cannot be found, remove the number or mark it as an estimate with its assumptions. Do not solve a missing source by adding a footnote to an unrelated article.
Review image and layout meaning
Check whether the imagery implies a real product screen, a real customer, or a measured outcome. Generated mockups can be useful for concepts, but should be presented as concepts. Maintain readable type, sufficient contrast, and a logical speaking order. W3C WAI notes that people use different visual and audio presentations to understand content; a crowded visual that can only be decoded by squinting fails the live audience as well. Provide the key point in spoken words, and make any shared deck usable afterward. Alt text or notes should describe meaningful visuals rather than duplicate the slide title. Rehearse with the actual projector or screen size if possible.
Rehearse slide and speech together
Speaker notes can silently restore a caveat removed from a slide, or introduce a new unsupported claim that nobody reviewed. Run through the deck aloud with the notes and time limit. Ask a reviewer to mark where the spoken message differs from the sourced slide. Listen for words such as always, proven, secure, or guaranteed when the evidence only supports a limited case. A concise honest statement usually lands better than a sweeping one that needs several hidden exceptions. If the audience may act on the presentation, end with the exact decision requested and the evidence still missing. Do not let the slide generator write the commitment on the team's behalf.
Keep a final evidence packet
Save the approved deck version, source links, data table, chart calculations, and owner approvals together. This does not need a new system; a short reference page beside the deck is enough. If a fact changes before the event, search the deck, notes, handout, and speaker script for the affected claim. If it changes afterward, correct the shared version and label the replacement. The packet makes later reuse safer because another presenter can see which statements were verified for which setting. It also prevents the next AI-assisted revision from turning a careful claim back into a broad promise.
Check the handout and exported file
A slide often becomes a PDF or a shared image after the event. Review the exported version, not only the editable deck. Are sources still legible, charts labeled, and links usable? Does the title retain a qualifier that was spoken live but absent from the file? If the speaker planned to explain a limitation aloud, add it to the distributed version so later readers receive the same meaning. Keep the version number visible enough that an outdated export can be replaced. This final pass prevents a carefully presented claim from turning into an unsupported standalone graphic when circulated.
Sources and update note
Follow the linked official source before a product, price, plan, or policy decision.