Technology with accountability

Technology with accountability means the tool is legible and a person still answers for what the public sees.

The group is not an automated publisher. Technology supports the journalism and the publisher’s operations. It is not the identity of Synoptiva.

What technology may support

A publication, or the group, may use tools for:

• research and search across material the user is allowed to use
• discovery of public documents and data
• verification, including comparisons and consistency checks
• analysis of data the publication has the right to analyze
• classification and routing of tips, copy, or assets inside a newsroom
• transcription, translation, and summarization as aids
• publishing mechanics such as formatting, links, and accessibility checks

Those uses are assistance. They are not authorship.

What stays human

Editorial accountability remains with a person. A role in the newsroom answers for a published story. A role at the group answers for a page on this site.

That duty is not a claim that a person reviewed every item before publication. Preparation of text, a review of substance before publication, and corrections after publication are different acts. A machine check is not the review. The AI and automation policy defines them.

The duty also does not mean a person inspects every mechanical step, such as a backup or a format conversion, unless a procedure says so. It does mean a person can explain a public-facing result and correct it.

What this site does not do

synoptiva.com does not generate news, does not rank Perspicora stories, and does not offer a chatbot trained on unpublished material. Pages here are edited documents.

The binding rules for assisted research, generation, synthetic media, disclosure, and prohibited uses are in the AI and automation policy.