AI use and human accountability
How FinanceFirst uses AI assistance while keeping evidence, editorial decisions and responsibility with people.
Last updated: November 2, 2026
Permitted assistance
AI may assist with discovery, organisation, transcription, drafting, translation or code. These uses do not replace source verification or independent editorial judgement. Material assistance is disclosed with the article; routine spelling assistance does not imply AI authorship.
Verification
Human staff check quotations against the original recording or document, claims against evidence and calculations against reproducible inputs. AI-generated citations, outputs and confidence scores are not sources or proof of accuracy. No system can automatically certify the truth of all financial reporting.
Identity and sensitive information
We do not invent journalists, interviewees, credentials or review credits. We do not upload confidential sources, unpublished sensitive documents or personal financial information to external AI tools without authorisation and a suitable assessment of data handling.
Publication responsibility
A named writer and responsible editor remain accountable. AI-generated images or other synthetic media must be identified where their nature could mislead. FinanceFirst is not launching AI news-presenter videos as part of the news section. Errors in AI-assisted work follow the same correction process.