EDITORIAL

AI Use Policy

The Creator Internet may use AI-assisted tools in parts of the editorial workflow, but AI tools are not treated as sources of fact and are not allowed to replace verification.

APPROVED WORKFLOWS

Where AI-Assisted Tools May Be Used

Automated tools serve in supportive technical capacities under continuous human oversight.

Our standard

Illustrative images

Human review

The test is simple: if a statement matters to the reader’s understanding or decision, we should be able to show where it came from.

AI-assisted or generated editorial images may be used to illustrate abstract subjects such as recommendation systems, creator monetization or AI discovery. They should not manufacture a misleading real-world scene, fake screenshot, fake quote or fake dataset. When the distinction matters, the image should be labeled as an illustration.

Articles are reviewed before publication. Factual claims are checked against cited evidence, and uncertainty should remain visible when the evidence is incomplete. AI output can help organize work; it does not decide what is true.

Where AI may assist

  • Research organization and summarizing notes already gathered from sources.

  • Transcription and cleanup of interviews or source material.

  • Brainstorming questions, structures, headlines and visual concepts.

  • Data organization and checking calculations with reproducible inputs.

  • Editing for clarity, consistency and formatting.

  • Illustrative image generation when an article needs a conceptual rather than documentary image.

What we do not publish

  • Fabricated quotations or attributed statements.

  • Invented first-person experiences, product tests or interviews.

  • Invented statistics, studies, sources or citations.

  • AI-generated claims presented as verified facts without source checking.

  • Images presented as documentary evidence of an event that did not occur.

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Questions Regarding Our Editorial Policy

We routinely review our AI directives as generative technologies evolve.