What to do when AI gives an inaccurate answer
AI gets it wrong usually because it read outdated, unsourced, or misreported information. The fix is not to edit the AI but to publish a clear, correct version with an official source and update date, so AI reads that first next time. It takes time and is not guaranteed, but it markedly lowers the chance the error is repeated.
- Pinpoint what the AI currently says wrong and which old source it may come from.
- Publish the correct version: clear conclusion, official source, update date.
- Make the page findable by search and AI (structured, crawlable, internally linked).
- Keep updating — AI favors recently verified information.
No one can directly rewrite an AI answer; what works is making correct, sourced information easier for AI to find, lowering the chance it repeats wrong information.