Editorial & Corrections Policy

Source-first reporting

• News begins with an identifiable primary report, paper, release note, repository, or official announcement.
• Where an article is based on another publication, the visible source link takes readers to that publication.
• Claims, numbers, product availability, and pricing must be attributable to the source available at publication time.
• Rumors and predictions are labeled as such and are not presented as confirmed facts.

Original value

A source is the starting point, not the finished article. Published work must add useful technical context, limitations, comparisons, implementation consequences, or a reasoned AI Mastery analysis. We reject drafts that merely paraphrase the source, repeat another AI Mastery page, or pad a weak story to meet a quota.

How automation and AI are used

Automated systems gather candidate stories, compare them with recently published work, draft and edit text, and run structural quality checks. The pipeline requires a primary source, internal context, a substantive technical explanation, and explicit original analysis. These checks are automated unless a piece explicitly describes a named human review or a reproduced experiment. A byline alone is not proof of either. The AI Mastery Editorial Desk is a shared organizational byline, not an individual systems engineer. Automation does not change our responsibility for what appears on the site.

Fact checks and updates

Before publication, automated checks assess drafts for source alignment, unsupported certainty, duplicated stories, minimum depth, navigable structure, and working links. Substantive revisions receive an updated date. Silent edits are limited to spelling, formatting, or other changes that do not alter meaning.

Readability editing follows factual correction. We use Humanizer-derived guidance to remove filler and repetitive phrasing while preserving code, citations, numerical details and meaningful uncertainty. A smoother style is not evidence of accuracy, originality, human authorship or advertising approval.

Historical reporting and search

Publication age alone does not make a story ineligible for search. We preserve original dates and add revision dates only after substantive updates. An editorial exclusion or duplicate canonical is an explicit decision, rather than an automatic 30-day expiry. Product availability, prices, and commands in older reporting describe their stated date; verify them with the linked provider before relying on them today.

Corrections

If you find a factual error, broken citation, or missing disclosure, send the article URL and the correction through our contact page. We verify the report against the best available source and correct material errors promptly.

Advertising and commercial independence

Advertising helps fund the site but does not determine editorial conclusions. Ads are delivered separately from article content. Sponsored or affiliate material, if introduced, will be clearly labeled and will not be presented as independent reporting.