AI Policy and Ethics Statement

At The News Curator, artificial intelligence, when used responsibly, is a powerful tool for enhancing human journalism. Our goal is to leverage AI to uncover more stories and analyze information more efficiently, while holding ourselves to the highest standards of journalistic integrity. Our human editors, researchers, and writers have the final say on everything we publish.

Our Guiding Philosophy: AI as a Tool, Not a Replacement

We view AI as a "centaur," a collaborative partner that augments human intelligence. AI is our research assistant, our data analyst, and our copy editor. It is never our author or our final arbiter of truth.

How We Use AI in Our Workflow

Our use of AI is confined to specific, verifiable tasks within our Human-AI Collaborative Investigative Framework (HA-CIF):

Horizon Scanning & Discovery:

We use AI to monitor thousands of public data sources (local newspapers, government records, academic journals) to flag anomalies and identify potential underreported stories. The AI suggests leads; our human editors determine which ones to pursue.

Initial Summarization:

For complex documents, we use AI to generate initial, neutral summaries. This allows our researchers to quickly assess the relevance of a source. These summaries are never used as final content.

Fact-Checking Assistance:

We may use AI to cross-reference specific claims against a vast database of sources to speed up the verification process. Every core fact is then manually verified by our human editors from primary sources.

Language & Readability:

We use AI-powered tools like Grammarly to check for grammatical errors, improve clarity, and ensure a professional tone. This is the final polish, not the creation of the core argument or narrative.

Our Ethical Commitments

Transparency:

We will always be clear about our use of AI. This policy will be linked from every article where AI was used in the research process.

Accountability:

Our human editors are fully accountable for the accuracy, fairness, and context of everything we publish. An AI model cannot be held responsible; we are.

Human Oversight is Final:

No article is published without a thorough review and final approval from a human editor. AI-generated text is not used in the final article, and all conclusions are drawn by our human journalists.

Bias Mitigation:

We are aware that AI models can reflect biases present in their training data. Our human editors are trained to critically evaluate AI-generated outputs for potential bias and to ensure our final reporting is fair and balanced.

Our commitment is to you, our reader. We use these advanced tools to serve our mission: to deliver meticulously researched, transparently sourced, and trustworthy news.