Genspark has added a fact-checking feature

The AI Genspark has added a fact-checking feature.

https://www.genspark.ai/agents?type=agentic_cross_check

I have summarized it using Perplexity.

Overview of the feature

• It breaks down the information or text entered by the user into multiple elements and verifies each one individually.

• The AI collects data from numerous reliable sources, such as academic papers, government statistics, and news articles, and cross-checks them against each other.

• The reliability of information sources is evaluated, allowing for analysis that prioritizes more trustworthy information.

• The results of each verification element are integrated to summarize the overall credibility.

Transparency and citation display

• A list of sources, hyperlinks, and inline screenshots of citations are provided, allowing users to immediately verify the evidence.

• The publication date and update time of the information are also displayed, so you can tell if the information is current.

• Because the reasoning process behind the determination is shown, users can verify the validity of the criteria and conclusions themselves.

Processing features and use cases

• An asynchronous agent that investigates nearly 70 sources in parallel is in operation, making it efficient as you can receive results via notification even when busy.

• It is widely used for fact-checking technical articles, news, and policy statements, as well as for social media marketing, public relations, and academic or business research.

• It is characterized by both verification accuracy and transparency, as it can also counter misinformation and AI 'hallucinations'.

Tips for use

• Enter the text you want to fact-check and request the task, and the analysis and verification will proceed automatically.

• The results are shown at a glance along with the evidence, and both correct and incorrect points are clearly pointed out.

Genspark's fact-checking feature supports reliable fact verification that emphasizes evidence and transparency, from professional research to daily information confirmation.

I tried out Genspark's fact-checking feature.

I have already fact-checked COVID-19 vaccine shedding, but I decided to use Genspark's fact-checking feature to check it again.

Answer from Genspark

Fact Check: The claim that COVID-19 vaccines cause shedding is baseless.

Conclusion: Shedding caused by COVID-19 vaccines (including mRNA vaccines and replicon vaccines) is biologically impossible and lacks scientific evidence.

This conclusion is based on the consistent views of authoritative medical institutions, government agencies, academic societies, and numerous experts around the world. Investigations have confirmed that the claim that vaccine components are transferred from vaccinated individuals to unvaccinated individuals and cause effects is completely lacking in scientific evidence.

Key evidence and expert institutional views

Official denial by Japanese academic societies

• Three academic societies in Japan (The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, The Japanese Respiratory Society, and The Japanese Society for Vaccinology) state that vaccines do not contain infectious viruses or similar substances, and there is no risk of what is called 'shedding,' where a vaccinated person infects those around them.NHK

Scientific explanation by Japanese experts

• mRNA vaccines do not contain viruses. According to Mr. Miyasaka, what is produced in the body of a vaccinated person is a protein called a 'spike,' and this protein has no infectious capability. He states that claims of 'shedding' on social media and elsewhere clearly lack scientific evidence.Asahi Shimbun

Official view of the U.S. CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• MYTH: COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use in the United States shed or release their components. FACT: Vaccine shedding is the release or discharge of any of the vaccine components in or outside of the body and can only occur when a vaccine contains a live weakened version of the virus. None of the vaccines authorized for use in the U.S. contain a live virus. mRNA and viral vector vaccines are the two types of currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines available.CDC

Clear denial by U.S. public health authorities

• COVID-19 vaccines cannot give someone COVID-19 as the vaccines do NOT contain live virus. There isn't a biological path for a vaccinated person to 'shed' the COVID-19 virus spike protein to those around them.Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Fact-checking by international news organizations

• False. It is impossible to 'shed' the coronavirus vaccine. Top medical experts agree that it is impossible for a person to transmit the vaccines to people they happen to be near and for a woman to experience miscarriage, menstrual cycle changes, and other reproductive problems by being around a vaccinated person.Reuters

Official view of the Japanese government

• There's no scientific evidence that the replicon vaccine will make an infinite number of proteins in the body or its components will be transmitted to others, the health ministry states on its website.Japan Times

Scientific reasons why vaccine shedding does not occur

1. No live virus is contained

• Vaccine shedding is the release or discharge of any of the vaccine components in or outside of the body and can only occur when a vaccine contains a live weakened version of the virus.CDC

• COVID-19 vaccines (mRNA, viral vector) do not contain any live virus.

2. How mRNA vaccines work

• The mRNA vaccines do not contain any live virus. Instead, they work by teaching our cells to make a harmless piece of a "spike protein," which is found on the surface of the virus that causes COVID-19.CDC

• mRNA vaccines simply instruct cells to produce a harmless piece of spike protein and are not infectious.

3. Absence of biological pathways

• mRNA vaccines "contain only instructions for making spike protein and are incapable of generating virus particles, so nothing can be shed," said Dr Daniel Kuritzkes, chief of the infectious diseases division at Brigham and Women's HospitalReuters

4. Rapid degradation of vaccine components

• Kuritzkes also pointed out that the mRNA vaccines are degraded within 24 to 48 hours. As explained here, that means they disappear from the shot recipients' bodies within a day or two.Reuters

Differences from true vaccines where shedding occurs

The only specific live attenuated vaccines where vaccine shedding can actually occur are the following:

• Live attenuated vaccines contain a small amount of live virus that has been weakened. The live attenuated vaccines routinely recommended in the U.S. are the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR vaccine; the varicella, or chickenpox, vaccine; the rotavirus vaccine; and the intranasal influenza vaccine.FactCheck.org

Even with these live attenuated vaccines, shedding is usually not harmful if it occurs.

The same applies to replicon vaccines

Regarding the newly introduced replicon vaccines in Japan:

• In the view regarding Kostaive, the next-generation mRNA vaccine of the replicon type (self-amplifying) manufactured and sold by Meiji Seika Pharma, "what is self-amplified is the spikeMixonline

• However, to conclude, there is absolutely no scientific basis for this. Replicon vaccinesTakimoto Clinic

The dangers of misinformation

Experts warn of the dangers that misinformation regarding shedding poses to public health:

• "This is a conspiracy that has been created to weaken trust in a series of vaccines that have been demonstrated in clinical trials to be safe and effective," said Dr Christopher Zahn, Vice President for Practice Activities at the American College of Obstetricians and GynecologistsReuters

• "such conspiracies and false narratives are dangerous and have nothing to do with science."Reuters

Conclusion

As a result of a comprehensive investigation, shedding from COVID-19 vaccines (including mRNA vaccines and replicon vaccines) is:

1. Biologically impossible: because they do not contain live viruses

2. Scientifically baseless: denied by authoritative institutions around the world

3. Misinformation: a dangerous conspiracy theory that undermines trust in vaccines

This conclusion is based on the consistent views of Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and three medical societies, the U.S. CDC, the European Medicines Agency, and medical experts around the world. The claim that vaccine components are transferred from vaccinated individuals to unvaccinated individuals and cause effects is completely baseless misinformation.