AI Trust Signals

1// Implementing comprehensive AI trust signals
2 
3// 1. Author Schema with verifiable credentials
4const authorSchema = {
5  "@context": "https://schema.org",
6  "@type": "Person",
7  "name": "Dr. Sarah Chen",
8  "jobTitle": "Chief Research Scientist",
9  "affiliation": {
10    "@type": "Organization",
11    "name": "Stanford University",
12    "url": "https://stanford.edu"
13  },
14  "credentials": [
15    {
16      "@type": "EducationalOccupationalCredential",
17      "credentialCategory": "degree",
18      "name": "PhD in Computer Science",
19      "recognizedBy": {
20        "@type": "Organization",
21        "name": "MIT"
22      }
23    }
24  ],
25  "sameAs": [
26    "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1234-5678",
27    "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xxxxx",
28    "https://linkedin.com/in/drsarahchen"
29  ],
30  "expertise": ["Machine Learning", "Natural Language Processing", "AI Safety"],
31  "hasVerifiedAffiliation": true
32};
33 
34// 2. Article with trust signal markup
35const articleSchema = {
36  "@context": "https://schema.org",
37  "@type": "ScholarlyArticle",
38  "headline": "Understanding LLM Retrieval Patterns",
39  "author": authorSchema,
40  "datePublished": "2024-01-15",
41  "dateModified": "2024-02-20",
42  
43  // Editorial trust signals
44  "editorialPolicy": "https://example.com/editorial-standards",
45  "factCheckPolicy": "https://example.com/fact-check-process",
46  "correctionsPolicy": "https://example.com/corrections",
47  
48  // Review and verification
49  "reviewedBy": {
50    "@type": "Person",
51    "name": "Dr. James Wilson",
52    "affiliation": "MIT CSAIL"
53  },
54  "lastReviewed": "2024-02-15",
55  
56  // Methodology transparency
57  "methodology": {
58    "@type": "CreativeWork",
59    "name": "Research Methodology",
60    "description": "Analysis of 50,000 LLM query-response pairs across 5 models",
61    "url": "https://example.com/article/methodology"
62  },
63  
64  // Source attribution
65  "citation": [
66    {
67      "@type": "ScholarlyArticle",
68      "name": "Attention Is All You Need",
69      "author": "Vaswani et al.",
70      "datePublished": "2017"
71    }
72  ],
73  
74  // Confidence and limitations
75  "confidence": "high",
76  "limitations": "Study limited to English-language queries",
77  "fundingSource": {
78    "@type": "Organization",
79    "name": "National Science Foundation",
80    "identifier": "Grant #12345"
81  }
82};
83 
84// 3. Trust signal validation component
85function TrustSignalBadges({ article }) {
86  return (
87    <aside className="trust-signals" aria-label="Trust indicators">
88      {/* Verified author badge */}
89      {article.author.hasVerifiedAffiliation && (
90        <div className="badge verified-author">
91          <Icon name="verified" />
92          <span>Verified Expert Author</span>
93          <a href={article.author.sameAs[0]}>View credentials</a>
94        </div>
95      )}
96      
97      {/* Peer review indicator */}
98      {article.reviewedBy && (
99        <div className="badge peer-reviewed">
100          <Icon name="review" />
101          <span>Expert Reviewed by {article.reviewedBy.name}</span>
102          <time dateTime={article.lastReviewed}>
103            Last reviewed {formatDate(article.lastReviewed)}
104          </time>
105        </div>
106      )}
107      
108      {/* Editorial standards */}
109      {article.editorialPolicy && (
110        <div className="badge editorial">
111          <Icon name="standards" />
112          <a href={article.editorialPolicy}>
113            Published under editorial standards
114          </a>
115        </div>
116      )}
117      
118      {/* Methodology link */}
119      {article.methodology && (
120        <div className="badge methodology">
121          <Icon name="research" />
122          <a href={article.methodology.url}>
123            View full methodology
124          </a>
125        </div>
126      )}
127      
128      {/* Update freshness */}
129      <div className="badge freshness">
130        <Icon name="calendar" />
131        <span>
132          Updated {formatDate(article.dateModified)}
133        </span>
134      </div>
135    </aside>
136  );
137}
138 
139// 4. Claim with inline trust markers
140function VerifiedClaim({ claim, source, confidence }) {
141  return (
142    <blockquote 
143      className="verified-claim"
144      data-confidence={confidence}
145    >
146      <p>{claim}</p>
147      <footer>
148        <cite>
149          Source: <a href={source.url}>{source.name}</a>
150        </cite>
151        {confidence && (
152          <span className="confidence-badge">
153            Confidence: {confidence}
154          </span>
155        )}
156      </footer>
157    </blockquote>
158  );
159}