README.md

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  DGaze is a real-time AI truth verification tool that analyzes claims, quotes, or short paragraphs and returns a score, explanation, and evidence-backed sources (all in around 30sec). Powered by DeBERTa-v3, FAISS vector search, and advanced NLP models for comprehensive fact-checking.
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# 🔍 DGaze - AI Truth Verification Tool

**Introducing DGaze** – a real-time AI truth verification tool that analyzes claims, quotes, or short paragraphs and returns a score, explanation, and evidence-backed sources (all in around 30sec).

## 🎥 Video Overview

> **[📺 Watch Demo Video](https://youtu.be/ZiQPsIiabfo)**
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> _Click above to see DGaze in action! The video demonstrates the complete verification workflow from input to results._


![DGaze Screenshot](https://cdn-uploads.huggingface.co/production/uploads/65964c7ceed0e88dfd4b628f/3K8lt2f7-CyN_ffWLAuqo.png)

# 🔍 DGaze - AI Truth Verification Tool

**Introducing DGaze** – a real-time AI truth verification tool that analyzes claims, quotes, or short paragraphs and returns a score, explanation, and evidence-backed sources (all in around 30sec).

## 🎯 **The Problem We Solve**

In today's information-rich world, **misinformation spreads faster than facts**. Whether it's viral social media posts, breaking news claims, or suspicious articles, people need a quick, reliable way to verify what's true and what's not.

**DGaze solves this by providing instant, AI-powered fact verification** that cuts through the noise and delivers trustworthy results.

## 📥 **What We Accept as Input**

- **Text Claims** - Paste any statement, quote, or paragraph you want to verify
- **URLs** - Submit links to articles, posts, or web content for comprehensive analysis
- **Mixed Content** - Combine text and URLs for thorough cross-verification

## 📊 **What You Get as Output**

- **Overall Truthfulness Score** - Clear verdict (SUPPORTED, CONTRADICTED, or NEUTRAL) with confidence percentage
- **Individual Claim Analysis** - Each statement broken down with its own confidence rating
- **Real-time Evidence Sources** - Live links to supporting or contradicting materials
- **Brief Analysis** - Quick summaries for fast understanding
- **Detailed Evidence** - In-depth breakdowns with source credibility scores
- **Visual Results** - Color-coded, easy-to-understand interface with progress tracking

## ⚡ **Powered by Modal Labs Infrastructure**

**All AI models and backend operations are hosted on Modal Labs' high-performance GPU infrastructure**, ensuring lightning-fast processing and 99.9% uptime reliability. This cloud-native approach means no setup required - just open and start fact-checking!

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### Example Usage Flow:

1. **Input**: Paste a news claim or statement
2. **Processing**: AI analyzes content with real-time progress tracking
3. **Results**: Get truthfulness scores, evidence sources, and detailed analysis
4. **Insights**: Review individual claim breakdowns with confidence scores

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## 🚀 What Makes DGaze Special?

### ⚡ **Lightning Fast Analysis**

- Complete fact-checking in **under 30 seconds**
- Real-time progress tracking with beautiful animated progress bars
- Instant results with detailed confidence scores

### 🧠 **AI-Powered Intelligence**

- **Sentence Transformers** - Advanced semantic understanding to break down complex statements
- **Fine-tuned DeBERTa-v3 Classifier** - Specialized FEVER model for fact alignment with 77.7% accuracy
- **FAISS Vector Search** - Lightning-fast evidence retrieval from massive databases
- **Real-time Online Search** - Live web search for the most current, relevant information claim-by-claim
- **FIRE Framework Integration** - Iterative, LLM-guided verification with intelligent web search
- **Modal Labs Hosted Backend** - All AI models and most backend operations run on Modal Labs' high-performance GPU infrastructure

### 🎯 **Comprehensive Verification**

- **Overall Truthfulness Score** - Clear verdict: SUPPORTED, CONTRADICTED, or NEUTRAL
- **Individual Claim Analysis** - Each statement gets its own confidence rating with detailed scoring
- **Real-time Evidence Sources** - Live web search provides current, relevant sources with direct links
- **Brief Analysis & Detailed Evidence** - Quick summaries plus in-depth evidence breakdowns
- **Confidence Scores** - Precise probability ratings for each claim and overall assessment
- **Visual Indicators** - Color-coded results with intuitive emoji feedback

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## ✨ Key Features Demo

### 📊 **Smart Analysis Dashboard**

DGaze doesn't just give you a simple true/false answer. You get:

- **Overall Assessment**: Clear verdict with confidence percentage
- **Claim Breakdown**: Individual analysis of each statement
- **Evidence Quality**: Ranked sources with reliability indicators
- **Interactive Results**: Click-through to original sources

### 🌐 **Multi-Source Verification**

- **Real-time Online Search** - Live web search for the most current information on each claim
- **Cross-references** claims against reliable news sources and databases
- **Academic and Scientific Sources** - Research papers and authoritative publications
- **Brief Analysis & Detailed Evidence** - Quick summaries with comprehensive evidence breakdowns
- **Source Credibility Scoring** - Confidence ratings and reliability rankings for each source

### 🎨 **Beautiful User Experience**

- **Modern Interface**: Clean, gradient design that's easy on the eyes
- **Progress Tracking**: Watch your verification happen in real-time
- **Responsive Design**: Works perfectly on desktop and mobile
- **No Registration**: Start verifying immediately with 5 free trials

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## 🎯 Perfect For These Use Cases

### 📰 **News & Media**

- **Social Media Posts**: Verify viral claims before sharing
- **Breaking News**: Quick fact-check of developing stories
- **Article Verification**: Cross-reference news reports with multiple sources

### 🏫 **Education & Research**

- **Student Projects**: Verify research claims and statistics
- **Academic Writing**: Fact-check citations and references
- **Teaching Tool**: Help students develop critical thinking skills

### 💼 **Business & Professional**

- **Market Research**: Verify industry claims and statistics
- **Due Diligence**: Fact-check business information
- **Content Creation**: Ensure accuracy in marketing materials

### 🏛️ **Civic & Policy**

- **Political Claims**: Verify statements from public figures
- **Policy Analysis**: Check facts behind policy proposals
- **Public Information**: Validate government and institutional claims

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## 🔬 How DGaze Works (Behind the Scenes)

### Step 1: **Smart Text Processing**

**Sentence Transformers** analyze your input and break it down into individual, verifiable claims

### Step 2: **Evidence Gathering**

**FAISS vector search** rapidly retrieves relevant evidence from massive databases while **real-time online search** finds the latest information claim-by-claim, guided by the **FIRE framework** for intelligent web searches

### Step 3: **Intelligent Matching**

**Fine-tuned DeBERTa-v3 classifier** matches each claim with supporting or contradicting evidence using advanced fact alignment

### Step 4: **Confidence Scoring**

**Modal Labs hosted AI models** calculate truthfulness probabilities with high-performance GPU processing handling most backend operations

### Step 5: **Beautiful Results**

**Gradio frontend** presents everything in an easy-to-understand, interactive format

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## 📈 Performance & Accuracy

### 🎯 **Accuracy Metrics**

- **77.7% accuracy** on standard fact-checking benchmarks
- **Well-calibrated confidence scores** - when we say 90%, we mean it
- **Multi-claim handling** - processes up to 5 claims simultaneously

### ⚡ **Speed Benchmarks**

- **Average processing time**: 30 seconds
- **Individual claim analysis**: 1.5 seconds each
- **Evidence retrieval**: 15 seconds for comprehensive search
- **UI response time**: Under 100ms

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## 🌟 Try DGaze Now!

### 🆓 **Free Demo Access**

- **5 free verifications** per session
- **No registration required**
- **Full feature access**
- **Instant results**

### 📱 **Easy to Use**

1. Paste your text into the input box
2. Click "Verify News" and watch the magic happen
3. Get detailed results with confidence scores
4. Click through to original sources for more information

### 🎨 **Beautiful Interface**

- Smooth animations and progress tracking
- Color-coded results for quick understanding
- Mobile-friendly responsive design
- Professional, modern aesthetic

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## 🚀 Future Vision

### 🔮 **Coming Soon**

- **Multi-language support** for global fact-checking
- **Browser extension** for one-click verification
- **Batch processing** for multiple claims at once
- **Enhanced source quality scoring**

### 🌍 **Long-term Goals**

- **Real-time news monitoring** and automatic alerts
- **Educational partnerships** for media literacy
- **API access** for developers and organizations
- **Advanced analytics** and reporting features

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## 🏆 Why Choose DGaze?

### ✅ **Reliable**

Built on state-of-the-art AI models with proven accuracy

### ✅ **Fast**

Get comprehensive results in under 30 seconds

### ✅ **Transparent**

See exactly how we reach our conclusions with source links

### ✅ **User-Friendly**

No technical knowledge required - anyone can use it

### ✅ **Comprehensive**

Goes beyond simple true/false to give you the full picture

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**🔍 Ready to verify the truth? Try DGaze now - No setup required, just open and start fact-checking!**

## ⚙️ **Powered by Advanced Technology**

**Backend inference runs on Modal Labs** for scalable, high-performance AI processing with **Gradio** providing the interactive frontend – no setup required, just open and try!

- **Sentence Transformers** for semantic understanding
- **Fine-tuned DeBERTa-v3 classifier** for fact alignment
- **FAISS vector search** for fast evidence retrieval
- **Real-time online search** for current, relevant information claim-by-claim with source analysis
- **Currently integrating the FIRE framework** for iterative, LLM-guided verification with web search when needed
- **Confidence scoring system** providing precise probability ratings for brief analysis and detailed evidence
- **All models hosted on Modal Labs' GPU infrastructure** handling most backend operations for maximum speed and reliability

_Experience the power of cutting-edge AI fact-checking technology – all running seamlessly in the cloud!_