UKPoliticsDecoded uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools in a limited, transparent, and responsible manner. AI supports our editorial workflow, but it does not replace human judgement, research, or verification. All published content is produced to the same evidence based, public interest standards regardless of whether AI tools were used in the process.
This policy explains how AI is used, where it is not used, and the safeguards in place to ensure accuracy, neutrality, and trust.
1. Purpose of AI in Our Workflow
AI is used to improve efficiency and clarity in the following ways:
- Source discovery: AI may assist in identifying publicly available sources relevant to a topic.
- Structural editing: AI may help organise human written drafts into modular, accessible formats. The underlying human content is not altered, AI only supports layout, clarity, and readability.
- Clarity and readability: AI may support improvements to structure, flow, and presentation.
AI is not used to generate facts, opinions, or political positions.
2. What Remains Fully Human Led
The core of our journalism is human created. This includes:
- Research: All sources identified by AI are independently read, assessed, and verified by a human.
- Verification: Facts are checked against reputable publishers, official documents, and primary sources.
- Drafting: The initial article draft is written by a human based on verified evidence.
- Editorial judgement: Humans make all decisions about content, framing, accuracy, and neutrality.
- Final approval: Every article is reviewed and approved by a human editor before publication.
AI never makes editorial decisions or determines the truthfulness of information.
3. What AI Is NOT Used For
To protect accuracy, integrity, and public trust, UKPoliticsDecoded does not use AI for:
- Generating factual claims
- Creating political opinions or arguments
- Rewriting articles, AI does not rewrite or replace human content, it only supports structural clarity and readability
- Producing synthetic quotes or fabricated evidence
- Replacing human editorial judgement
- Creating deepfakes or misleading imagery
4. Transparency on Articles
Where appropriate, articles may include a short note indicating that AI tools supported structural editing or source discovery. A typical line may read.
AI Use:
AI tools were used to support source discovery and to structure the article for clarity. All research, verification, drafting, and final editorial decisions are fully human led.
This line is advisory, not mandatory, and may vary depending on the nature of the article.
5. Safeguards and Oversight
To ensure responsible use of AI:
- AI outputs are always reviewed by a human before use
- No AI generated content is published beyond structural formatting for clarity and readability
- AI tools are used only to support clarity, accessibility, and workflow efficiency
- We continuously review our practices to align with evolving standards and regulation
6. Commitment to Public Interest Standards
UKPoliticsDecoded operates with a civic, non‑profit ethos. Our goal is to make government policy accessible, accurate, and understandable. AI is used only in ways that support this mission, never in ways that compromise it.
We remain committed to:
- Transparency
- Accuracy
- Neutrality
- Human oversight
- Public interest publishing