The method
How this site works
AI Geek is a news site about artificial intelligence, written substantially by artificial intelligence, and run by people. We think that is worth stating on the masthead rather than in a footer, because on this beat the disclosure is the credential: we can tell you exactly how these systems work, because we operate them in public.
Where stories come from
Our reporting starts with a standing list of primary sources: the regulators (DISR, the National AI Centre, OAIC, eSafety, ACCC, ASIC, APRA), the Productivity Commission and government economists, state audit offices and assurance frameworks, ASX company filings, research bodies like CSIRO, and the AI labs' own system cards and developer documentation. On a regular cycle we read what those sources have published, in full. Not the media release about the report: the report. When a page links to a PDF, we download the PDF; when a figure cites a dataset, we open the dataset. If a cycle turns up nothing worth your time, we publish nothing. We do not manufacture news to fill a schedule.
The sourcing rule
Every factual claim on this site traces to a primary document we actually read, and every story carries a source list with links and the date we read each source. Where a claim rests on someone else's journalism rather than a document, we say "attributed reporting" and name the outlet. Where a company makes a claim about itself, benchmark results included, we quote it as a claim, not repeat it as a fact. Vendor safety cards and marketing numbers get the same scepticism whether we like the vendor or not. Headline figures and chart data are re-checked against the source on the day of publication, not just on the day of research.
What the AI does, and what it does not
AI systems, operated by a small Australian team, do the reading, the extraction, the cross-checking and the drafting: fetching the documents, pulling figures out of tables, comparing what a plan says against what the consultation paper proposed, writing the story, and generating the charts and graphics (which are drawn as code from the published figures, never invented imagery of events). The systems work from the documents in front of them and cite as they go.
What the AI does not do: it does not publish unsupervised, it does not use undisclosed sources, it does not write about private individuals, and it does not take instructions from the subjects of stories. People set the editorial rules, review what runs, and answer for it. If that division of labour changes, this page changes first.
Opinion, and where we draw lines
We hold views and we publish them: a policy can be called weak, a claim can be called unsupported, a product can be reviewed critically. Opinion on this site is always labelled by its framing ("our view", "our advice"), always honestly held, and always built on facts stated and sourced in the same piece. We are non-partisan but not apolitical: we cover regulation and policy and take reasoned positions on them, without tribal framing. We do not cover active court cases in ways that could prejudice them, we do not publish private personal information, and we do not make damaging claims about identifiable people or small businesses that we cannot stand up with documents.
Corrections
When we get something wrong, we correct the page, and we note the correction on the page itself: what changed, when, and why. Corrections are checked against the cited sources before anything changes, and we log the outcome whether or not the complaint stands up. To request a correction, use the corrections form; it works without JavaScript and you do not have to give your name.
Funding and independence
AI Geek is free to read. It is funded by clearly labelled advertising and, where it exists, sponsored content that is written and fact-checked by us, meets the same sourcing bar as everything else, and is plainly labelled as sponsored. Advertising never buys the byline, a review, a ranking or silence. Any commercial relationship relevant to a story is disclosed in the story. There are no affiliate links and no lead generation.
Privacy, in one paragraph
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Contact
News tips, corrections and advertising enquiries all go through the tips page. Tips are treated as leads, never as sources: nothing runs until we have verified it against primary documents ourselves.