Platform guide
ChatGPT makes mistakes: what to check after an answer
A ChatGPT answer can be useful, polished, and still contain a decisive error.
What Makes Mistakes changes on ChatGPT
Makes Mistakes rewrites the familiar ‘ChatGPT can make mistakes’ disclaimer into a direct statement, highlights it, and adds the Improve answer button after an assistant message exists.
The content script is limited to the supported chatgpt.com page and targets interface elements rather than globally replacing words in your conversation.
What the ChatGPT warning means
OpenAI says ChatGPT can produce incorrect or misleading output, including fabricated facts and references, and recommends verifying important information from reliable sources.
The warning should change how you use the response, not force you to reject it. Check the claims whose failure would change a decision, and use evidence appropriate to the consequence.
A ChatGPT-specific review loop
- 01
Identify
Mark dates, numbers, citations, current facts, and claims that affect a decision.
- 02
Challenge
Use the button or a structured audit prompt to list assumptions, likely errors, and evidence needed.
- 03
Verify
Open primary and authoritative sources; match each material sentence to the actual passage.
- 04
Record
Save what was verified, contradicted, or unresolved before reusing the answer.
What the extension cannot promise
- It does not change the ChatGPT model or provider safety system.
- It does not automatically send the follow-up prompt.
- It does not open sources, inspect citations, or score factuality.
- It does not guarantee that a revised answer is correct.
Sources and further reading
Product details and guidance were checked against these first-party pages on July 29, 2026. Re-check current listings before making an install or high-stakes decision.
- Does ChatGPT tell the truth?
OpenAI Help Center
OpenAI's guidance on incorrect answers, fabricated citations, confidence, search tools, and verification.
FAQ
Questions people ask
Can ChatGPT be confidently wrong?
Yes. Fluent and confident language is not evidence. Verify important specific claims against reliable current sources.
Does Makes Mistakes fact-check ChatGPT?
No. It makes the disclaimer more direct and inserts a re-check prompt after an answer. The source verification remains a separate step.
Does the extension send my ChatGPT chat anywhere?
No. The extension has no analytics, telemetry, account, or remote endpoint for conversation processing.