CAAFC: Chronological Actionable Automated Fact-Checker for misinformation / non-factual hallucination detection and correction

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12436v1
• Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 17:32:15 GMT
• Title: CAAFC: Chronological Actionable Automated Fact-Checker for misinformation / non-factual hallucination detection and correction
• Abstract summary: We introduce CAAFC (Chronological Actionable Automated Fact-Checker), a frame-work designed to bridge gaps in existing AFC systems.<n>It operates on claims, conversations, and dialogues, enabling it to detect factual errors and hallucinations.<n>It can also correct them by providing actionable justifications supported by primary information sources.
• Score: 7.242712564607927
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: With the vast amount of content uploaded every hour, along with the AI generated content that can include hallucinations, Automated Fact-Checking (AFC) has become increasingly vital, as it is infeasible for human fact-checkers to manually verify the sheer volume of information generated online. Professional fact-checkers have identified several gaps in existing AFC systems, noting a misalignment between how these systems operate and how fact-checking is performed in practice. In this paper, we introduce CAAFC (Chronological Actionable Automated Fact-Checker), a frame-work designed to bridge these gaps. It surpasses SOTA AFC and hallucination detection systems across multiple benchmark datasets. CAAFC operates on claims, conversations, and dialogues, enabling it not only to detect factual errors and hallucinations, but also to correct them by providing actionable justifications supported by primary information sources. Furthermore, CAAFC can update evidence and knowledge bases by incorporating recent and contextual information when necessary, thereby enhancing the reliability of fact verification.

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