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Elicit (AI Research Tool) - Footnote 5

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The claim states that Ought was founded in 2017, but the source says Andreas Stuhlmüller initiated Ought in 2017. The claim states that the platform supports workflows ranging from systematic literature reviews (claiming up to 80% time savings), but the source does not mention the 80% time savings. The claim mentions that Elicit supports workflows for research reports, screening, and data extraction across disciplines including materials science, biotech, software development, and health technology, but the source only mentions that Elicit focuses on automating literature reviews.

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Found: Elicit emerged from Ought, a non-profit AI alignment research organization founded in 2017 to explore how machine learning could scale up good reasoning. The transition from alignment research tool to…

Note: The claim states that Ought was founded in 2017, but the source says Andreas Stuhlmüller initiated Ought in 2017. The claim states that the platform supports workflows ranging from systematic literature reviews (claiming up to 80% time savings), but the source does not mention the 80% time savings. The claim mentions that Elicit supports workflows for research reports, screening, and data extraction across disciplines including materials science, biotech, software development, and health technology, but the source only mentions that Elicit focuses on automating literature reviews.

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