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GroundTruth puts the actual passage from each source next to the claim that cites it, so you can confirm or flag it in seconds. The final judgment is yours, not the AI's.

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Physical Activity and Cognitive Aging: A Review of the Evidence
K. Almeida, R. Sørensen · Section 3 — Evidence

Physical activity is among the most studied levers for healthy aging, yet the strength of the evidence varies sharply from one claim to the next. This section weighs three findings that recur across the recent literature.

The clearest result is structural. A randomized trial in older adults found that a year of aerobic exercise increased hippocampal volume by roughly two percent1, effectively reversing age-related loss over the study window.

Population work points the same direction, though more cautiously. One widely cited cohort reported that regular activity nearly halved the incidence of dementia within a decade2, a figure now repeated well beyond what the original estimates support.

References
AI: Supported
Claim
A year of aerobic exercise increased hippocampal volume by about 2% in older adults.
Source says
“…exercise training increased hippocampal volume by 2%, effectively reversing age-related loss in volume.”
Erickson et al., PNAS 108 (2011)
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Who it's for

If you cite sources, this is for you

Different fields, same problem: a claim is only as good as the source behind it. GroundTruth puts that source on the page next to the claim, whatever you're writing.

Academics

Before submitting to a journal, confirm every reference actually supports the claim attached to it — and that nothing was invented by an AI drafting tool.

Researchers

Sweep a literature review or grant proposal so each cited finding matches what the source paper genuinely reported, not a paraphrase that drifted.

Journalists

Fact-check a story against its sources before it runs — quotes, statistics, and studies traced back to the original document.

Students

Check a thesis or term paper so every quotation and page cite lines up with the reading — and you can hand in work you can stand behind.

Editors & fact-checkers

Run a manuscript or feature through one pass and see every citation paired with its source passage, so you can sign off on what's solid and flag what needs another look.

Legal professionals

Verify every authority in a brief or memo before filing, catching hallucinated quotes and a cite that quietly points at the wrong case.

How it works

Cross-reference in minutes

No prompt engineering, no plugin install. GroundTruth handles the retrieval and the side-by-side comparison so your review starts at the evidence — and every cross-reference is captured in a record you can keep.

  1. 1

    Identify

    Upload a PDF or DOCX. We find every citation — in-text references, footnotes, endnotes, and hyperlinks — across the whole document.

  2. 2

    Fetch

    We pull the actual source: court opinions and statutes from CourtListener, and academic papers and articles via DOI, arXiv, and direct links.

  3. 3

    Cross-reference & assess

    The cited passage is placed next to the claim, with an AI assessment as a starting point. The comparison is the evidence; the verdict is the summary.

  4. 4

    Track

    Your verdict, the supporting passage, and the reasoning land in an exportable record you can keep with the document.

Human-in-the-loop by design

The AI proposes. You choose the verdict.

On every citation you see three things — the claim, the passage from the actual source, and the AI's read of whether it holds up. Then the final call is yours.

  • The evidence, not a summary

    When a source can be retrieved, the AI's read sits next to the exact passage it came from — so you check the original, never a paraphrase of it.

  • We show our work

    The assessment is a starting point, not a ruling. The passage is on the page, so most citations you can confirm in seconds.

  • Your verdict is the record

    The call you make — and the reasoning behind it — is what gets saved with the document.

Features

Everything you need to stand behind your sources

Purpose-built for the documents that have to be right — the first time.

Citation-style aware extraction

Finds in-text citations, footnotes, endnotes, short-forms, and hyperlinks across common styles — Bluebook, APA, MLA, and Chicago.

Source fetching

Legal sources pulled from CourtListener; academic and general sources resolved via DOI, arXiv, and direct URLs.

Claim-level cross-reference

Every claim is placed next to the supporting passage from the actual source — so you start at the evidence, not a search box.

Reviewer-ready report

Verdicts, supporting passages, page cites, and reasoning — laid out for an editor, an advisor, or a co-author.

A record you can keep

Print-ready report with a cover, a list of sources, and per-citation detail — proof of the diligence you actually did.

Built for teams

Share a document, leave notes on findings, and keep a record of what was checked, by whom, and when.

Sample cross-referenced document

See exactly what a cross-referenced document looks like.

Open a finished GroundTruth report — every source paired with the passage it relies on, the AI's read alongside your verdict, and the reasoning behind each call. The kind of record you can keep with the file.

Verification Report
18 citations · 14 verified
Supported

Jumper et al., Nature 596 (2021)

“…accuracy competitive with experimental structures.” — appears in the abstract.

Supported

Brown v. Board of Educ., 347 U.S. 483 (1954)

Cited proposition matches the opinion's holding.

Partially supported

Smith (2019), Journal of Climate 32(4)

Source supports the trend but not the specific 47% figure quoted.

Unsupported

Doe (2021), arXiv:2104.01234

Cited passage does not appear in the referenced paper.

FAQ

Questions, answered

The things people ask before they upload their first document.

You're not relying on the AI — you're relying on the passage we put in front of you. GroundTruth's job is to pull the actual source, find the cited passage, and place it next to the claim so the evidence is right there on the page. The AI's read is a pointer; the source text is the proof. You read the passage and choose the verdict, and that verdict is what gets recorded.

Check your sources before you publish.

Upload your paper, article, or brief and get every citation placed next to the source passage it relies on — with the AI's read alongside and your verdict saved for the record.