Use AI to Filter the News, Giving You Only Verified Facts
Ever been frustrated by the news? It’s often challenging to find out what’s really going on, with all the rampant speculation, guesswork, and false information floating around.
AI can help you find the facts through all the noise.
Use this prompt:
Summarize the latest news on [topic/general news], extracting only verifiable facts supported by evidence from reliable sources, excluding speculation, opinions, or unverified claims, and present them in concise bullet points with source references.
What it does: It filters through all accessible news sources, finding the verified facts and presenting them in an easy-to-read bullet-point format.
Why use it: Free yourself from a bevy of unproven assumptions and opinions so you can focus only on what really happened, as far as we can know.
What it teaches you about AI: It teaches you how to use AI’s gathering and filtering capabilities, specifying which bits of information to discard and which to keep.
Example use cases: A breaking story is full of speculation, but you want to know only the facts. People keep adding spin to a story, and you want to remove the political filter to hear only the underlying story.
Example:
I typed this into my favorite AI:
“Summarize the latest news on Iran, extracting only verifiable facts supported by evidence from reliable sources, excluding speculation, opinions, or unverified claims, and present them in concise bullet points with source references.”
This is what it produced:
Israeli Airstrikes on Iran:
Israel conducted airstrikes on Tehran, targeting the Defense Ministry and sites allegedly tied to Iran’s nuclear program on June 15, 2025.
Israeli strikes hit the Mashhad Airport in eastern Iran on June 15, 2025, with verified footage showing smoke at the site.
Satellite imagery confirmed damage to two Iranian nuclear facilities, including visible damage to at least two structures at Isfahan on June 15, 2025.
A plume of smoke was observed over an oil refinery in southern Tehran after an Israeli attack on June 15, 2025.
Iran’s oil ministry confirmed the Shahran fuel and gasoline depot was hit and set afire by an Israeli attack on June 14, 2025.
Verified footage showed smoke billowing from the library of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in northern Tehran on June 14, 2025.
Israeli strikes on Tehran on June 13, 2025, caused smoke to billow from a bombed site, as shown in a photo released by the IRGC’s Sepah News.
Iranian Missile Strikes on Israel:
Iran launched missiles targeting Israel on June 15, 2025, with projectiles observed over Jerusalem.
A missile strike from Iran hit a residential building in Bat Yam, central Israel, on June 15, 2025, causing partial collapse.
One woman was killed in northern Israel due to an Iranian missile strike on June 14, 2025, as reported by Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency service.
At least 14 people were injured in a home in northern Israel from an Iranian missile strike on June 14, 2025, with one in critical condition.
Verified footage showed Iranian missiles in the skies of northern Israel on June 14, 2025.
Other Verifiable Events:
Israel’s El Al Airlines suspended all flights until at least June 19, 2025, with cancellations to European cities extending to June 23, 2025, due to the ongoing conflict.
The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system was activated to intercept missiles over Tel Aviv on June 15, 2025.
A United Nations report on June 13, 2025, confirmed Iran is using advanced technology, including drones and a citizen-reporting app, to enforce mandatory hijab laws.