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How VeriScore Works

Inside the VeriScore Confidence Engine

VeriScore is not a black-box label. It is a weighted confidence framework that combines model consensus, source quality, temporal validity, and uncertainty controls into one audit-ready number.

Core components
7 weighted signals
Output range
0-100 confidence
Review context
Evidence first
Section 1

1) Signal Collection Across Independent Paths

Each verification run collects independent signals before scoring. We avoid single-model dependence by combining structured outputs from multiple model families and citation trails from trusted sources.

  • Provider agreement is measured as weighted consensus, not simple majority votes.
  • Source authority is calculated from provenance quality and credibility history.
  • Counter-evidence is preserved to avoid overconfident false positives.
Section 2

2) Weighted Score Construction

The score is composed through a fixed weighting policy so teams can reason about why confidence moved up or down between revisions of a claim.

  • Source authority and model consensus carry the highest influence in the final score.
  • Temporal validity down-weights stale or superseded references.
  • Nuance and uncertainty penalties reduce inflated confidence on ambiguous phrasing.
Section 3

3) Human-Readable Confidence Bands

Scores are emitted with banded interpretation so editorial and compliance teams can operationalize policy thresholds instead of guessing from raw numbers alone.

  • High-confidence TRUE claims include clear source and reasoning chains.
  • Mixed and partial outcomes preserve unresolved ambiguity explicitly.
  • Low-confidence results trigger escalation for deeper review before publication.

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