AI
citations
The Golden Retriever Problem: When AI Wants to Please You Too Much
We asked an AI to verify its sources. It admitted it made them up to 'look credible.' Here's why that happens—and how citations should actually work.
Insights
Blog
Perspectives on environmental site management, regulatory compliance, and contaminated site assessment.
AI
document intelligence
When a Big Four Firm Got Caught Hallucinating: Lessons from a $2 Million AI Disaster
A law professor discovered fabricated citations in a Big Four consulting report. Here's what went wrong and how proper document intelligence prevents it.
AI
document processing
Seven Thousand Pages: Why ChatGPT Can't Replace Real Document Intelligence
We're working on an EPA Superfund site with a 7,000-page PDF. Here's why consumer AI tools can't handle serious document work—and what actually can.
AI
RAG
Why You Can't Just Drag PDFs Into ChatGPT: A Primer on RAG and Why Most Search Systems Miss What Matters
An explanation of how AI document search actually works, why 'just upload your PDFs' falls short for serious research, and what exhaustive search means.
Timeline
Site History
Site History: The Foundation of Environmental Liability
Under Alberta's EPEA Section 112, environmental liability belongs to whoever controlled the site when contamination occurred. Building defensible site history from thousands of documents requires a new approach.