AI in our work

Accuracy, fairness and trust are guiding values of our work. 

Use of AI can help serve those values and improve the coverage we provide over time, however the role of the journalist remains central.

AI is a tool that means we can present articles in different ways and reach more people, it also means we can do deeper research into topics.

We believe in a human-in-the-loop approach to using AI. We have built tools that integrate with OpenAI which mean we can produce story summaries and audio, and also help us illustrate topics in meaningful ways. We do not use them to create stories or to alter original pictures or videos.

We follow strict guidelines to ensure that sensitive or confidential information is not used in public AI tools. 

AI also helps us detect altered words, photos, video or audio that appear to be authentic.

The thoughtful use of technology is vital in a small newsroom. It means we can spend much more time working on the higher value investigations and profiles which are central to our vision.

If you would like to learn more about how we have built an AI-assisted newsroom from the ground up please get in touch by emailing editor@thequarry.media.