{"id":41,"date":"2026-09-12T13:31:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T13:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2026-09-12T13:31:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T13:31:53","slug":"ai-editorial-oversight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/?page_id=41","title":{"rendered":"AI Use and Editorial Oversight Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bk-trust-page\" data-barnakle-policy=\"ai-editorial-oversight\">\n<header class=\"bk-trust-hero\">\n<div class=\"bk-trust-shell\">\n<p class=\"bk-trust-eyebrow\">HUMAN ACCOUNTABILITY<\/p>\n<h1>AI Use and Editorial Oversight Policy<\/h1>\n<p class=\"bk-trust-intro\">Barnakle may use artificial-intelligence tools to support limited parts of its workflow, but responsibility for every published claim remains with people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bk-trust-updated\">Last updated September 9, 2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"bk-trust-shell bk-trust-layout\">\n<aside><strong>On this page<\/strong><\/p>\n<nav><a href=\"#permitted-support\">01 Permitted support<\/a><a href=\"#required-human-work\">02 Required human work<\/a><a href=\"#prohibited-uses\">03 Prohibited uses<\/a><a href=\"#disclosure\">04 Disclosure<\/a><a href=\"#privacy-and-rights\">05 Privacy and rights<\/a><\/nav>\n<\/aside>\n<p><main class=\"bk-trust-content\"><\/p>\n<section id=\"permitted-support\"><span>01<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Permitted support<\/h2>\n<p>AI tools may assist with brainstorming, transcription, translation drafts, data organisation, search-term exploration, summaries for internal review and routine production tasks. Their output is treated as unverified material.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"required-human-work\"><span>02<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Required human work<\/h2>\n<p>A human editor must determine the story\u2019s purpose, evaluate sources, verify claims, review wording, assess risk, approve disclosures and make the final publication decision. AI output is never accepted as a factual source.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"prohibited-uses\"><span>03<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Prohibited uses<\/h2>\n<p>Barnakle does not knowingly publish fabricated quotations, citations, events, experts or evidence. We do not use AI to impersonate a real contributor, secretly manufacture firsthand reporting or create deceptive documentary imagery.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"disclosure\"><span>04<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Disclosure<\/h2>\n<p>Routine assistive use that does not materially shape the reader\u2019s understanding may not require an article-level label. Material synthetic media, AI-led analysis, experimental interactive features or other uses a reasonable reader would want to know about should be disclosed clearly.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"privacy-and-rights\"><span>05<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Privacy and rights<\/h2>\n<p>Contributors should not enter confidential source material, unpublished personal information or rights-restricted content into an AI system without authorisation and appropriate safeguards.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"bk-trust-end\"><strong>Curious by nature. Accountable by design.<\/strong><a href=\"\/contact\/\">Contact Barnakle \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HUMAN ACCOUNTABILITY AI Use and Editorial Oversight Policy Barnakle may use artificial-intelligence tools to support limited parts of its workflow, but responsibility for every published claim remains with people. Last updated September 9, 2026 On this page 01 Permitted support02 Required human work03 Prohibited uses04 Disclosure05 Privacy and rights 01 Permitted support AI tools may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barnakle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}