In cases where the CV is not "pretty sure" of anything, offer a suggestion of a higher taxa

Yes. There needs to be a significant review of this functionality. Novice users have no idea how untrustworthy these AI suggestions are. Species and genus-level IDs should be reserved for instances where there is strong evidence (something akin to a 95% confidence interval). Otherwise, the standard should be to offer IDs at a much higher taxonomic level, or perhaps none at all if there is no obvious suggestion.

I’d also argue for AI identifications not being factored into Research Grade observations, at least for those that fall below a certain confidence interval.

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