Question

A marketing manager asks Microsoft 365 Copilot to draft a blog post about industry trends. Copilot produces polished text that includes a specific statistic: '78% of enterprises adopted this technology in 2023.' The manager cannot find this figure in any of the source files Copilot referenced, and no citation is attached to the claim. What is the most appropriate action before publishing?

Accepted Answer

Treat the statistic as a possible fabrication and verify it against an authoritative source before including it

Answer

Publish the post as written, since Copilot draws on trusted organizational data and rarely produces incorrect numbers

Answer

Ask Copilot to confirm whether the statistic is correct and accept its answer as validation

Answer

Remove all statistics from the post because Copilot cannot generate any accurate numeric data