How answers are made

Each answer is written by an AI model, Claude by Anthropic, working only from Wikipedia. Here is what happens after you ask.

1. Search and read

The model searches English Wikipedia and reads the articles that cover your question, usually two to four of them, section by section. You can watch this happen while the answer is being prepared.

2. Write, with a source for every claim

It writes a short explanation and attaches each statement to a passage it read, copied word for word. Select any numbered citation to see what WikiDrift wrote next to what Wikipedia says.

3. Check the quotes

Before an answer is shown, every quoted passage is looked up in the article text. If a quote can’t be found word for word, the model is asked to correct it. Anything still unmatched is labelled in the source panel.

What this does and doesn’t promise

A matched quote proves the passage exists in the article; it does not prove the summary reads it correctly. AI explanations can still get things wrong, so treat the source panel as the authority and open the article when something matters.

Wikipedia changes. Answers are saved when they are first written and shared between readers who ask the same question, so an answer may lag behind a recent edit.

Privacy

Your questions are sent to our server and to Anthropic to produce the answer, and the finished answer is stored so the next person asking the same question gets it right away. Your route, your history and your explorations stay in this browser. The privacy policy has the details.