How we report

This page is the editorial standard for DailyMech. It covers how a story is reported and checked, and what happens when a story needs a correction.

Editorial standards

DailyMech reports on artificial intelligence, computing, robotics, and cybersecurity. A story should say what happened, what the evidence is, and what is still unknown.

The preferred sources are primary documents: a company post, a filing, a standards notice, a paper, or an official release. When a story uses a news report, it names that report. Figures that come from a company are attributed to that company. A target, an estimate, or a claim is labeled as one.

Each story lists its sources and links to them. Photographs are credited under the image with the license and a link to the source file.

The byline under a headline is plain text. It is not a link to a personal profile.

Dates on a story

Every story shows two dates. Published is the day the story first ran. Last updated / Fact-checked on is the day the story was last revised or checked. When a story has not been revised, the two dates match.

A story file may include an updated date or a fact-checked date. The page uses that date for Last updated / Fact-checked on. If both are set, the later date is shown. If neither is set, the page uses the publish date.

AI assistance

DailyMech uses AI tools to help research and draft stories. A draft is checked against the sources named in the story before it is published. When tools were used that way, the story says so.

Corrections

If a story has a factual error, DailyMech corrects the story and changes the Last updated / Fact-checked on date. A material correction is noted in the story so a reader can see what changed. A story is not removed to hide a mistake when a correction can fix the record.

To request a correction, use the contact block on the About page. That block does not send a message yet. Until a contact address is listed there, this page is the rule a later revision of a story has to follow: correct the record, update the date, and leave a note when the change matters.