Answer Card
Examples of content edits that LLMs treat as substantive updates
TL;DR: LLMs weight changes to facts, stats, examples, and outbound citations as substantive updates. Cosmetic edits like grammar fixes rarely refresh recency signals. Prioritize updates that alter meaning or add new supporting data.
Key facts
- Substantive
- Facts, statistics, dates, citations
- Semi-substantive
- Reworked headers, new examples
- Non-substantive
- Spelling, formatting, minor grammar
- Impact
- Assistants reward factual/structural changes most