This is a submission for the GitHub Finish-Up-A-Thon Challenge.

TruthGuard AI is an enterprise-grade fake news detection and fact-checking tool that combines real-time web search with advanced LLM analysis. Users can paste any claim, news excerpt, or social media post, and the tool:

Searches the live web using Tavily's search API

Analyzes evidence using Groq's Llama 3.3-70B model

Provides a structured verdict with veracity score (0-100%)