Can an AI Agent Find a Research Gap? Here’s How to Check Its Answer
Learn how to test an AI-generated research gap against search coverage, nearby terminology, recent papers, and counterexamples.
Can AI Build a Useful Literature Matrix? A 10-Paper Test
Build a useful AI literature matrix by defining decision-ready columns, preserving missing data, and verifying high-impact cells.
Can AI Read Tables in Research Papers Accurately?
Test AI table reading at the cell level and preserve headers, units, denominators, time points, confidence intervals, and footnotes.
Can AI Spot Contradictions Across Research Papers? A Small Test
Learn how AI can detect opposite-looking findings and how to separate true contradictions from differences in study design.
Can AI Summarize a Paper from Its Abstract Alone? A Full-Text Check
See what an abstract-only AI summary gets right, what full text changes, and how to run a source-grounded correction pass.
Can AI Tell Whether a Research Idea Is Actually New?
Check whether an AI-generated research idea is actually new by testing its concepts, methods, populations, and closest prior work.
Can NotebookLM Find New Papers, or Only Read the Ones You Upload?
Can NotebookLM find new research papers? Learn how its web search works, how to separate papers from general pages, and when to switch to scholarly search.
Can Perplexity Find Papers That Google Scholar Misses?
See why Perplexity and Google Scholar return different papers, what each search route misses, and how to verify useful results.
How to Catch Up on a Research Topic After Six Months Away
Catch up on a research topic after six months by rerunning saved searches, screening updates, and rebuilding your evidence map.
ChatGPT Found a Paper You Can't Find: What to Check First
ChatGPT gave you a paper that does not appear to exist. Check its DOI, title, authors, alternate versions, and metadata before removing or replacing the citation.