How Herald Express uses AI

Herald Express uses automated systems and language models for source ingestion, classification, drafting, metadata, images and publishing. AI is a production tool; it is not a person, does not hold credentials and cannot accept legal or editorial accountability.

Most articles begin with external source material. The quality of a finished article depends on the independence, completeness and reliability of that evidence. A one-source rewrite is not equivalent to independently reported or multi-source journalism, and Herald Express is working to increase the share of event-led, multi-source and primary-document reporting.

Publication safeguards check for prompt or reasoning leakage, placeholders, duplicate text, incomplete output, source problems and unsafe images. These controls reduce specific risks but do not guarantee accuracy. Readers should use the linked sources, report errors and expect visible corrections when material evidence changes.

AI journalist profiles

AI-journalist names and portraits are synthetic desk identities used to organise automated output. They are not human reporters and do not claim education, employment history, eyewitness access or personal expertise. Their public descriptions identify them as AI.

“Mr. Editor” articles

“Mr. Editor” is an institutional label for a separate authenticated editorial workflow, not the verified personal name of an individual. In that workflow, supplied sources and direction are used to prepare a draft and publication requires an explicit approval action. The same sourcing, integrity, duplication and correction requirements apply.

Accountability

Corrections can be requested through the Corrections page. Organisational accountability details are tracked on the Ownership and Funding page; fields that the owner has not substantiated are left explicitly incomplete rather than inferred.